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Analyst: Tax Hikes Needed to Fix Deficit

NPR's Bob Edwards talks to Bruce Bartlett, senior analyst with the National Center for Policy Analysis, about the federal deficit. Bartlett says it is a problem, but Americans won't likely hear about from either party until after the elections because the only way to solve it is with a tax hike.

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