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I may have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars of interest on my house as well. Uh oh!

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An excellent point.

I think it was Steve Forbes who once argued in his column that the feds amortize capital expenses, at least for calculating the deficit.

As it is we dont know if the deficit is because of wise long term investments or being squandered in middle east adventures.