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October 1, 2021

Fiscal New Years/Groundhog Day

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Fiscal New Years/Groundhog Day

Welcome to the new fiscal year

Guard your wallet and don’t shed a tear

Congress will be okay

No matter what they say

They will spend and borrow with no fear

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Fact of the Day

Since January 1, the federal government has published $194.6 billion in total net costs and 45.4 million hours of net annual paperwork burden increases.

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