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$12.5 Billion Oil Cleanup Costs, And A Double-Dip Is Now Way More Likely
• Businessinsider.com/Federal deficit spending will certainly rise by tens, and maybe hundreds, of billions as emergency appropriations are directed at larger and larger efforts to clean up this mess. Federal and state revenues tied to Gulf-region businesses will fall.