GOVERNMENT: $2 Billion Down

As the Government's fiscal year ended last week, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder eked out a note of cheer for taxpayers: the federal deficit at the end of the fiscal year on June 30 was about $3.5 billion, instead of the $5.5 billion he predicted six months ago.

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