Bush Deficit to be $337 billion for fiscal 2006, CBO says

[bigtree]

CBO's estimate was to be officially released at 10 a.m., but the overall figures were provided to The Associated Press by a congressional aide on condition of anonymity.

The $337 billion "does not account for upcoming Bush administration requests for the war in Iraq or additional hurricane relief, which promise to add tens of billions to the 2006 deficit."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-01-26-federaldeficit_x.htm

[hatrack]

1. More lies and "supplementals"

No budget to date has included Iraq War costs - they're all off the books.

[orwell]

2. In other words...

...it will be 337 billion...except it won't be...it will be much larger.

It's kind of lke the "inflation rate." It is "under control" unless you buy food, energy, are in the market for a house, or have health care.

:eyes:

[bigtree]

3. much larger, and that's just the accounting

I always wonder how much money is unaccounted for, hidden in the intelligence budget, siphoned through different cover bills like Defense and Energy.

[FloridaPat]

4. Didn't they cut all that spending to students and elderly so they

would have money for Katrina victums?

I heard a repub come up with some crap. He was saying what a good job * was doing because his deficits are less then Reagans. But he didn't mention the national debt, which is bigger than all the previous debts combined.