Despite the Presidents suggestion that his health care plan will reduce deficits. the CBO determined just a day after he submitted his budget that the Clinton health plan would boost Federal budget deficits by $74 billion. And a week later. CBO upped that projection by $51 billion morebringing the increase in the deficit attributable to the Clinton health care plan to a total of $125 billion over 9 years. The costs of welfare reform. the crime bill. and immigration reform are missing from this budget. as well. Once those are added. spending will increase further. and so will the budget deficit. This budget is short by $20 billion the amount which the Clinton administrations own BottomUp Review determined was necessary to meet the basic national security needs of the country.
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