This I didn't know:

Mr. Obama's budget also assumes annual economic growth of more than 4% from 2012-2014. That's far more robust than anything this recovery has produced so far, and it is at least a percentage point higher than most private economists or the Congressional Budget Office predict.

I'd love to see a reporter ask the president if he believes that 4 percent figure. The whole exercize in mendacity and delusion is so sad.

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