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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Wanna Play the Budget Expectations Game? It goes like this: Make artificially gloomy budget forecasts at the start of the year; then, at the end of the year, when the numbers outperform your disingenuousness, announce that the economy is on the upswing. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-budget11jul11,1,4533813.story?coll=la-news-a_section&ctrack=1&cset=true" title="The L.A. Times has the lowdown.">The L.A. Times has the lowdown….</a> (more) <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060711_budget_expectations_game/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060711_budget_expectations_game/</a> Copyright © 2006 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Wanna Play the Budget Expectations Game? It goes like this: Make artificially gloomy budget forecasts at the start of the year; then, at the end of the year, when the numbers outperform your disingenuousness, announce that the economy is on the upswing. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-budget11jul11,1,4533813.story?coll=la-news-a_section&ctrack=1&cset=true" title="The L.A. Times has the lowdown.">The L.A. Times has the lowdown….</a> (more) <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060711_budget_expectations_game/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060711_budget_expectations_game/</a> Copyright © 2006 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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