What Washington gets wrong when it talks about the deficit

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http://www.vox.com/2015/1/27/7921019/deficit-growth-cbo

Washington likes to talk about budgets and budget deficits, but it's almost always the wrong conversation to have if you're worried about the long-term future of the country. Rather than worry about debt's impact on the economy, we should be talking about how economic growth is the key driver of debts and deficits.

I'm not a huge fan of vox.com but I tend to like the stuff Yglesias writes.

 

[Trausti]

Eh, vox.com dismisses the effect that government policies will have on the deficit. But: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2927348/Obamacare-program-costs-50-000-American-gets-health-insurance-says-bombshell-budget-report.html

 

[dismal]

You can really learn things from these Vox articles.

For example, I was not aware Washington had the capacity to speak.

 

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