Today The White House confirmed news that leaked last Friday, about the deficit being wider than they had previously estimated. As you can see, while the deficit as a percentage of GDP has been revised down for this year -- due to less bailout spending -- it's been bumped up every year going out to 2019. Next year the hike is big -- from 8.6% to 10%.
http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-2009-8
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