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2022-07-15 02:28:09 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4D9CFB0E835FB8E22A1DB864E8DD8B2EB25BE68D0AFB1A66843842F89FED023C
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Claims that these proposals would not raise the federal debt are based on artificial accounting tricks that assume new programs will “sunset” in a few years, which almost never happens. This common tactic lets lawmakers hide programs’ true long-term costs from review: https://www.crfb.org/blogs/true-cost-budget-plan-could-exceed-5-trillion
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