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	<title>SettlementMax - Financial Freedom&#187; Runaway spending continues as Congress raises debt ceiling to almost $14 trillion &#8211; SettlementMax &#8211; Financial Freedom</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite a national debt that already exceeds $12 trillion, Barack Obama is poised to sign a bill currently working its way through Congress that would raise the debt ceilinganother $1.8 trillion. This would bring the new debt ceiling to almost $14 trillion.

In addition to increasing the ceiling for national debt, Congress is also in the process of passing an omnibus spending bill that will cost taxpayers $447 billion. Included in this omnibus spending bill are over 5,000 earmarks totaling close to $4 billion.]]></description>
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