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Freddie Stubbs
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Wed Jan-26-11 01:05 PM Original message |
CBO projects record-high $1.5 trillion budget deficit this year |
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PoliticAverse
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. "We do big things". n/t |
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bergie321
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Prediction: |
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No Elephants
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Wed Jan-26-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I thought we simply extended the old tax cuts for the rich? |
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Psephos
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Umm, it was Obama who pushed for the extension of the tax cuts. |
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Festivito
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Wed Jan-26-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yet the debt's yearly deficit keeps going DOWN under Obama. |
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No Elephants
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Wed Jan-26-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. So, how can USA say $1.5 trillion is a new record high deficit? |
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Festivito
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Wed Jan-26-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It would be another record for years ending in 1. /nt |
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No Elephants
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Wed Jan-26-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. ? Where did you get your figures? |
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Festivito
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Wed Jan-26-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I post the debt each day at DU... |
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No Elephants
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Thu Jan-27-11 03:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. You may be right about debt, but the OP article is right about the deficit. |
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Festivito
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Note. Be careful when "they" use budget deficit as opposed to deficit. |
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CreekDog
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. WTF, 41.4 trillion? you aren't even getting your numbers where you think you are |
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Festivito
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Try not to get too excited there. Miss the shift key and $ becomes 4. /nt |
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CreekDog
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Just ironic that it happened in a post that was supposed to be setting things straight |
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No Elephants
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Thu Jan-27-11 03:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. And you could catch a typo because I DID give a link to where I got my numbers. |
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Festivito
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Bloomberg pulls the budget deficit trick, 1.4T$ is the budget deficit... |
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No Elephants
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Thu Jan-27-11 03:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. $1.4 trillion WAS the budget deficit last year--and no trick. Bloomberg and the USA Today OP |
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