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..and where did Stimulus I go?

Stimulus I (i.e. Porkulus) is still with us.

Thought at the time (2009)to be a one-time-only "emergency" appropriation, the ' Rats distributed it among the departmental budgets.

Then, when the Senate failed to pass a budget in 2010, 2011 and 2012, Porkulus was an integral part of the Current Services Baseline Budget and was automatically inflated by 7% in each succeeding year to serve as the default "budget".

Thus, Porkulus not only explains Zero's first trillion-dollar deficit, it is the source of every deficit since.

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Stimulus I (i.e. Porkulus) is still with us.

You. Are. Correct.