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Stories from 2001-12-07

Hitting the Trifecta

Paul Krugman | New York Times | December 7, 2001

"Earlier this year Mr. Bush used projections of vast budget surpluses to push through a huge, 10-year tax cut. Most of that tax cut went to people with incomes of more than $200,000 per year. Now Mr. Daniels tells us that the budget not just the budget outside Social Security, but the whole enchilada will be in deficit through 2004. Since the administration's phony budget math ("fuzzy" just doesn't cut it at this point) gets phonier the further you go into the future, this means that we have effectively returned to a state of permanent deficit. [more]

US Casualties Spiral

Andrei Sukhozhilov | Institute for War and Peace Reporting | December 7, 2001

"Scores of US soldiers wounded in Afghanistan have been arriving at the Khanabad air base in southern Uzbekistan far more than official reports suggest." [more]

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