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Government programs always exceed their spending estimates.

The Wall Street Journal has a good summary of how government programs always exceed their spending estimates. Here’s a chart:

The article concludes:

The lesson here is that spending on nearly all federal benefit programs grows relentlessly once they are established. This history won’t stop Democrats bent on ramming their entitlement into law. But every Member who votes for it is guaranteeing larger deficits and higher taxes far into the future. Count on it.

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