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'''Federal Budget Deficit''' is the difference in any year between the [[government]] revenue and the government spending. The national [[debt]] is the cumulative unpaid total of the annual [[deficit]].

'''Federal Budget Deficit''' is the difference in any year between the [[government]] revenue and the government spending. The national [[debt]] is the cumulative unpaid total of the annual [[deficit]]. The government essentially always runs a deficit, in large part due to [[Medicare]] expanding far beyond [[CBO]] expectations.

As reported by ''[[USA Today]]'':<ref>

As reported by ''[[USA Today]]'':<ref>