chart imitates life. today we learned that the u.s. budget deficit is the smallest it has fwhn eight years. mazel tov. the great steve bennan put this together at maddow blog. you can see we're back to where we were under president bush at the start of the great recession. feel free to clip and save this for the holidays when your crazy uncle who washes fox news all day tries to tell you that the deficit is spiraling out of control. that is a myth. the deficit is shrinking. very, very fast. so there. . i'm always there for my daughter. for the little things. and the big milestones. and just like i'm there for her, pacific life is there to help protect me and my family so i can enjoy all life's moments. pacific life. helping families for over 145 years achieve