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White House, Congress Projects Record Deficits
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:14 am
by Appaholic
WASHINGTON – The federal government faces exploding deficits and mounting debt over the next decade, White House and congressional budget officials projected Tuesday in rival economic outlooks.
Both the White House Office of Management and Budget and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted the budget deficit this year would swell to nearly
$1.6 trillon, a record.
But while figures released by the Whit House foresee a cumulative
$9 trillion deficit from 2010-2019, $2 trillion more than the administration estimated in May, congressional budget analysts put the figure at a lower $7.14 trillion.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090825/ap_ ... ma_economy
Re: White House, Congress Projects Record Deficits
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:16 am
by UNI88
Appaholic wrote:WASHINGTON – The federal government faces exploding deficits and mounting debt over the next decade, White House and congressional budget officials projected Tuesday in rival economic outlooks.
Both the White House Office of Management and Budget and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted the budget deficit this year would swell to nearly
$1.6 trillon, a record.
But while figures released by the Whit House foresee a cumulative
$9 trillion deficit from 2010-2019, $2 trillion more than the administration estimated in May, congressional budget analysts put the figure at a lower $7.14 trillion.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090825/ap_ ... ma_economy
It's all GWB's fault.
Re: White House, Congress Projects Record Deficits
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:17 am
by clenz
Blame Reagan and Bush
Re: White House, Congress Projects Record Deficits
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:18 am
by TheDancinMonarch
Appaholic wrote:WASHINGTON – The federal government faces exploding deficits and mounting debt over the next decade, White House and congressional budget officials projected Tuesday in rival economic outlooks.
Both the White House Office of Management and Budget and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted the budget deficit this year would swell to nearly
$1.6 trillon, a record.
But while figures released by the Whit House foresee a cumulative
$9 trillion deficit from 2010-2019, $2 trillion more than the administration estimated in May, congressional budget analysts put the figure at a lower $7.14 trillion.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090825/ap_ ... ma_economy
This will turn out to be incorrect as I am sure that the printing presses will fail long before we get to this number.
Re: White House, Congress Projects Record Deficits
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:20 am
by Appaholic
TheDancinMonarch wrote:Appaholic wrote:WASHINGTON – The federal government faces exploding deficits and mounting debt over the next decade, White House and congressional budget officials projected Tuesday in rival economic outlooks.
Both the White House Office of Management and Budget and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted the budget deficit this year would swell to nearly
$1.6 trillon, a record.
But while figures released by the Whit House foresee a cumulative
$9 trillion deficit from 2010-2019, $2 trillion more than the administration estimated in May, congressional budget analysts put the figure at a lower $7.14 trillion.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090825/ap_ ... ma_economy
This will turn out to be incorrect as I am sure that the printing presses will fail long before we get to this number.
Hey, I'm just glad the federal government has the ability to tax it's way out of financial straits or this could hurt the country...

Re: White House, Congress Projects Record Deficits
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:25 am
by ASUG8
Blame FDR.
Re: White House, Congress Projects Record Deficits
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:36 am
by TheDancinMonarch
Appaholic wrote:
Hey, I'm just glad the federal government has the ability to tax it's way out of financial straits or this could hurt the country...

They are going to be so far in debt that taxes won't help them. They may have to skip taxes and go directly to confiscation.
Re: White House, Congress Projects Record Deficits
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:46 am
by Wedgebuster
TheDancinMonarch wrote:Appaholic wrote:
Hey, I'm just glad the federal government has the ability to tax it's way out of financial straits or this could hurt the country...

They are going to be so far in debt that taxes won't help them. They may have to skip taxes and
go directly to confiscation.
Great idea. Start with Exxon/Mobil, Haliburton, Dick Cheney, all the Bushies, AZ Griz, etc.
Re: White House, Congress Projects Record Deficits
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:09 am
by UNI88
It won't go that high because the Chinese won't loan us that much money.
Re: White House, Congress Projects Record Deficits
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:16 am
by Ivytalk
Blame Travis and D1B.

Re: White House, Congress Projects Record Deficits
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:11 pm
by AZGrizFan
Wedgebuster wrote:TheDancinMonarch wrote:
They are going to be so far in debt that taxes won't help them. They may have to skip taxes and go directly to confiscation.
Great idea. Start with Exxon/Mobil, Haliburton, Dick Cheney, all the Bushies, AZ Griz, etc.
They're already taking 50% of mine....
