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Welcome to matter of fact. Deficit hawk is a political term you dont hear a lot these days. Its political slang for people particularly politicians who want to cut our deficit and our debt. Between the money the rn kes and the money it spends. If the government spends more than it collects, then its running a deficit. The federal debt is the running total of the accumulated deficits. And the gop once had a lock on the term. President trump campaigned on reducing the deficit and debt. And former House Speaker paul ryan of wisconsin made a career out of being a deficit hawk. Then he helped pass the president s tax cut for the wealthy. The federal deficit has soared and is on course to cross 1 trillion this year. Joelle gamble is an economist th 101. I just gave a brief description of deficit versus debt. What are people more focused on . Joelle to think about, which is more important terms of the deficit and the debt, you actually have to think about what the economy is like right now. T

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