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11:06 PM, Sep 23, 2008 • By STEPHEN F. HAYES

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Jason Furman, a senior economic adviser to Barack Obama, didn't use those exact words. But how else to interpret this comment about the current financial mess that he gave the Washington Post?

"This is a major fiscal problem in the short run, but it doesn't alter the long-term fiscal picture."

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