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We’re back with Common Sense Conversations. In this edition, there are laughs – yes, laughs – even though we talk about the CBO’s daunting deficit projections, and the upcoming State of the Union 2020. And of course, our own personal budget nerd Olympics – the Presidential Budget Request.

Here are links to some of the issues discussed in this conversation:

• Breaking down the trillion dollar deficit – Trillion Dollar Deficits, The New Normal
• Why starving the IRS may feel good, but is bad practice that hurts the taxpayer – Nominate A National Taxpayer Advocate
• Presidential Budget Requests – find them here on our Deep Dives page
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