Figures on Government Spending and Debt

[Robert Oak]

Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041025/ap_on_go_ot/gov_finances

[joeunderdog]

1. Damn Liberals!

Interest-ing. More and more interest-ing.

Way to not get value for your dollar.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. They have 25 million left before they hit the limit

what happens then - can the people take it out of Bush's lawyer fund? :-)

[sandnsea]

3. They already hit it

They didn't pay certain pension payments to the states in order to keep from hitting the ceiling before the election. It wasn't on the teevee, so it hasn't happened yet. In the mind of a Bushbot anyway.