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Part I. Labels and Consequences: The Failure of Our Fiscal Language; 1.Fiscal language and the fiscal crisis; 2. Taxes, spending, and the size ofgovernment; 3. Fun and games with budget deficits; Part II. The Why and Howof Long-Term Budgeting: 4. What are we talking about when we talk aboutbudget deficits?; 5. Long-term measures in lieu of the budget deficit; 6.Fiscal gap politics; Part III. Labels and Policies Across Budget Categories:7. Benign fictions? Describing social security and Medicare; 8. Taxexpenditures; 9. Welfare, cash grants, and marginal rates; Part IV.Conclusion: 10. Some modest proposals.