01/06/2011
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"I read your budget, it increases taxes in plain numbers by over $1 trillion, and it increases spending by almost that same amount, virtually having no deficit reduction."
"However, the August 2011 debt ceiling increase resulted in the only real reduction in the growth of spending, $2.1 trillion, and it was a firm commitment and law to reduce spending by $2.1 trillion."
"The budget of the United States is indisputably in terrible shape, and we remain on an unsustainable path."
"Thank you for your insightful report and comments. They are very important to us."