So why two months ago say it was a promise cast in stone? I'm not saying it surprises me, politicians break elections promises all the time. What concerns me is that this was a central election promise, reaffirmed once he was in power that clearly means nothing. I'd consider myself fiscally conservative so this type of backtracking and lack of any type of projections about the true deficit is pretty scary. Also as bad as things are economically right now, managing through the 2008 melt down is a different story if that's what you're referring to as sinking us for years with deficits.
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