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CARTOON: Red ink
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The $214.1 billion deficit in August brings the deficit total for just the first 11 months of the budget year to $898.1 billion.
Review-Journal editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a three-time winner of the Sigma Delta Chi Award. Contact him at mramirez@reviewjournal.com.