Tax Increases and Spending Cuts Will Be Necessary, Obama’s Advisers Say – Roll Call

Tax Increases and Spending Cuts Will Be Necessary, Obama’s Advisers Say

By Daniel Newhauser

Posted April 28, 2010 at 9:46am

Correction Appended

Correction: April 30, 2010

The article reversed the amounts of the national debt and deficit. The deficit is about $1.4 trillion and the debt $12.9 trillion.

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