The Nation's Budget Wars Have Reduced The Deficit By $3.3 Trillion

The nation’s budget wars have reduced the deficit by $3.3 trillion

The endless rounds of deficit reduction in Washington in recent years have significantly improved the nation’s budget outlook, reducing projected borrowing by $3.3 trillion through 2024, according to new estimates by Senate Budget Committee chairman Patty Murray (D-Wash.). In a memo distributed Thursday to Senate Democrats, Murray tots up the spending cuts and tax increases […] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/02/27/we-have-an-answer-the-nations-budget-wars-have-reduced-the-deficit-by-3-3-trillion/?wpisrc=nl_wnkpm