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Gerson vs. Reality

Conservatives keep saying that President Obama has caused the huge budget deficits of the next decade, but it keeps being false. Today, former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson:

The Obama administration's budget proposals would dramatically increase publicly held debt as a percentage of the economy over the next decade, eventually slowing economic growth, fueling inflation and making America more dependent on the kindness of creditors.

And here's reality: