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Revenues lost to government because of any form of legal tai reduction or lax forgiveness, including tax credits and deductions. The term emphasizes that such revenues foregone for specific purposes (such as subsidizing private purchase of health insurance through the Federal income tax deduction for health insurance) are budgetarily equivalent to actual Federal expenditures.<\/p>\n

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