Obama’s latest bogus deficit reduction talking point

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In a Huffington Post blog entry on Thursday previewing his upcoming budget proposal, President Obama wrote, “I’m proud that since I took office, we’ve experienced the fastest period of sustained deficit reduction since the end of World War II.”

The reason Obama can claim record-fast deficit reduction? Deficits soared early in his presidency.

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