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To the editor : The lengthy and detailed obituaries about former Vice President Dick Cheney emphasize a long track record of service but overlook one of his most important statements during his first term in office: “ Deficits don’t matter ” ( “Dick Cheney, former vice president who unapologetically supported wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, dies at 84,” Nov. 4).

The then-veep’s comments about the U.S. budget deficit helped contribute to an end of fiscal responsibility in the U.S. that had prevailed since the 1990 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act . The budget deficit went from a record $290 billion in 1992 to a surplus by 1999 because of spending cuts, higher taxes and

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