We had it taken care of during the Clinton years. Then W Bush happened (although war criminal Cheney really ran the show)
>... Pretty soon, you're talking real money: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-administration-projects-2012-budget-deficit-1-2-181402042.html
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>Apparently "the fourth consecutive year of trillion dollar-plus deficits during President Barack Obama's administration".
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>For comparison, Canada's economy is about 1/10th the size of the US, and our latest federal budget deficit projection is about $24B: http://www.torontosun.com/2012/07/27/canada-deficit-shrinks-at-start-of-new-fiscal-year
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>The US news is being reported on a Friday, don't know when it was actually released. Par for the course these days.