The Big Deficit Lie: Every GOP Debt Plan Leaves Us With More Debt – Derek Thompson – Business – The Atlantic

The Big Deficit Lie: Every GOP Debt Plan Leaves Us With More Debt – Derek Thompson – Business – The Atlantic

This graph compares the moderate estimates for each candidates’ debt plan against the president’s. This is all smart guesswork, mind you, but it offers a nonpartisan view of the sort of "deficit reduction" we’re really getting under these proposals. This Y-axis starts at 60, which is the target debt/GDP ratio for CRFB.

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The Big Deficit Lie: Every GOP Debt Plan Leaves Us With More Debt – Derek Thompson – Business – The Atlantic

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