During the 2000s, the Federal government's deficit
a. moved from large deficits to even larger deficits.
b. changed little as a percent of GDP.
c. moved from large surpluses to large deficits.
d. rose largely as a result of large tax cuts in 2001 and 2004.
e. both c and d.
E
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