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2021-09-30 20:52:53 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A7F489958C4CECC5913DBE25ACBBFD027AD84A4BAE8AFFBA3C7FC24331F20219
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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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