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Sen. Jake Garn urges honesty on federal deficit, cautions against unilateral military cuts
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U.S. Sen. Jake Garn told the Utah House the federal deficit is being understated by shifting or not spending trust‑fund money and urged Congress to pursue verifiable arms‑control treaties before large unilateral force reductions.
U.S. Sen. Jake Garn addressed the Utah House on the opening day of its 1990 session, urging clearer federal accounting and caution on defense reductions. Speaking after the chamber resolved itself into the whole to hear him, Garn said federal budgeting uses ‘‘smoke and mirrors’’ and warned that trust funds are being used to make the deficit appear smaller. "First of all, we are using the Social Security surplus to reduce the size of the general fund budget," he said.
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