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- noun Plural form of
deficit .
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Examples
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Report Abuse Wasn't it the Republican patron saint Ronald Reagan who coined the phrase "deficits don't matter"?
unknown title 2011
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Any conservative who thinks the answer to deficits is to cut welfare is deluded.
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The difference between the Bush deficits and the Obama deficits is about the same as between Godzila and the Geco lizard.
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The demographic shift most important to long-term deficits is the dramatic decline in fertility rates for members of the Baby Boom generation.
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His argument to GOP voters in the Granite State was that he was the best candidate to defeat President Obama and put an end to what he called deficits in the economy and trust in government.
USATODAY.com News 2012
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It is going to be unacceptable to the Tea Party rank and file to see either (1) higher taxes, or (2) increased deficits from the people they worked so hard to get elected.
Chris Weigant: Tea Partiers Should Prepare for Disappointment Chris Weigant 2010
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It is going to be unacceptable to the Tea Party rank and file to see either (1) higher taxes, or (2) increased deficits from the people they worked so hard to get elected.
Chris Weigant: Tea Partiers Should Prepare for Disappointment Chris Weigant 2010
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It is going to be unacceptable to the Tea Party rank and file to see either (1) higher taxes, or (2) increased deficits from the people they worked so hard to get elected.
Chris Weigant: Tea Partiers Should Prepare for Disappointment Chris Weigant 2010
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At the same time, Republican lawmakers may feel pressure to come to terms on the 2011 budget in order to turn their attention to the larger issue of reining in the nation's long-term deficits, estimated at $1.65 trillion for this year alone.
Lawmakers Near Deal on Spending Janet Hook 2011
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It is going to be unacceptable to the Tea Party rank and file to see either (1) higher taxes, or (2) increased deficits from the people they worked so hard to get elected.
Chris Weigant: Tea Partiers Should Prepare for Disappointment Chris Weigant 2010
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