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tax cut for the rich draining u.s. treasury - forcing debt increase

dherd

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Feb 23, 2007
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Here’s one immediate effect of the GOP’s $1.5 trillion tax cut you won’t hear the party crowing over: The revenue it’s draining from federal coffers has moved up the deadline for lawmakers to lift the debt ceiling.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a Wednesday letter urged Congress to extend the feds’ borrowing authority “as soon as possible” because his department has only enough leash to guarantee it can cover its bills through February.

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