If all of the $8 billion, $8 billion of earmarks in this bill, if they're eliminated, instead of a deficit of $1.3 trillion, we'll have a deficit of $1.292 trillion and at that pace, we will pay off the deficit in 163 years.
Paul Begala argues that eliminating earmarks will not significantly impact the deficit.
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