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The Deficit is actually DECREASING during shutdown! Share this link!
US Debt Clock ^ | 10/3/2013 | self

Posted on 10/03/2013 9:12:43 AM PDT by DouglasKC

This link is to the:

US Debt Clock

It's a real time representation of, among other things, federal spending.

What's cool is that during the shutdown federal spending is actually LESS then revenue...so the DEFICIT is decreasing by about $170,000,000 a day.

Why this is deadly to the libs is that the longer the shutdown goes, the more people will see how bloated the government is. The slimdown is just cutting the fat and it's already making a huge difference. The longer it lasts the more people will see that, hey, it's no skin off our teeth AND we're getting our financial house in order!


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 113th; bho44; deficit; shutdown
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To: DouglasKC

$170,000,000 per day


21 posted on 10/03/2013 9:34:13 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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That’s a lot of money we don’t have.


22 posted on 10/03/2013 9:35:00 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: combat_boots

In 10,000 days we will have no deficit.


23 posted on 10/03/2013 9:35:53 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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This is the point: The DEFICIT, the amount we spend versus what we take in , is going DOWN...which means we are living within our means WHILE the slimdown is in effect. We're not spending more than we're taking in.

And if we can do THAT with little or no hardship for the VAST MAJORITY of Americans then WHY can't we do it all the time?

This is the purpose of highlighting it. To show the sheeple the bloated bureaucracy isn't' needed.

Think about it: The WORST horror stories we are hearing about the shutdown is that people...gasp...HAVE to do something else while on vacation because they can't go to a park!

Wow...that's SOME hardship right?

24 posted on 10/03/2013 9:36:13 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: DouglasKC
Hot Darn! Anybody remember the great victory this was back in the Clinton era? When it theoretically went backwards very briefly.
25 posted on 10/03/2013 9:37:12 AM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
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digging from the whole hole we are in

sigh...

26 posted on 10/03/2013 9:37:16 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: DouglasKC

Somebody get this to Rush. Maybe he’ll pick up on it.


27 posted on 10/03/2013 9:38:51 AM PDT by McGruff (Mr. Cruz goes to Washington.)
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To: DouglasKC

AS long as when GOP caves they dont pay all those GSes for the time they were off during shutdown. Then it cost more as it did in 1996.

What??

Rush didnt tell his listeners that’s what the GOP (Newt) did in 1996? The big Newt victory??


28 posted on 10/03/2013 9:39:33 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US Citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position)
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To: DouglasKC
The DEFICIT, the amount we spend versus what we take in , is going DOWN...which means we are living within our means WHILE the slimdown is in effect. We're not spending more than we're taking in.

No. As long as their IS a deficit, we are spending more than we are taking in.

The debt is the accumulation, the deficit is the spending less revenue. We are not digging as fast as we were, but we are still digging our hole.

29 posted on 10/03/2013 9:40:01 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: black_diamond
No need to raise the debt limit now.


Watch closer grasshopper. The budget deficit is going down, but the national debt is climbing. In the short time I watched it. We borrowed another $1,000,000; I wish I could talk my bank into letting me do that and print my own money too. At least we are taking a little baby step in the right direction.

30 posted on 10/03/2013 9:42:33 AM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
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To: DouglasKC

Thank you Republicans for not backing down and shutting down the government!

maybe now Americans will realize that government is not needed as nothing is happening even though the gov is shut down


31 posted on 10/03/2013 9:43:29 AM PDT by rurgan (give laws an expiration date:so the congress has to review every 4 years to see if needed)
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To: DouglasKC

Huh? The debt will rise as long as there is a deficit. You need budget surpluses if you want to reduce the debt. The article is only pointing out that the deficit is decreasing. Not to be confused with the debt.


32 posted on 10/03/2013 9:44:34 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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To: thackney
No. As long as their IS a deficit, we are spending more than we are taking in. The debt is the accumulation, the deficit is the spending less revenue. We are not digging

Yah ya but again the POINT is that the deficit is going down and hardly anyone is being affected.

This is why dems are screaming like stuck pigs. They HAVE to make noise because eventually people will wake up and realize...hey...is the government still shutdown? I didn't even notice.

33 posted on 10/03/2013 9:48:14 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: BarnacleCenturion
Huh? The debt will rise as long as there is a deficit. You need budget surpluses if you want to reduce the debt. The article is only pointing out that the deficit is decreasing. Not to be confused with the debt.

Sure your'e right..but again that's not the point.

34 posted on 10/03/2013 9:49:35 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: thackney

Wholly cow! Sum won takes there grammar way to serious. ;)


35 posted on 10/03/2013 9:50:32 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (My sweet talk is also savory and creamy.)
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To: Idaho_Cowboy

I suspect this doesn’t really need explanation among this group, but the national debt will keep rising until the federal government begins producing a surplus. While the deficit is falling at the moment, it’s still a LOOOOOOOOONG way from zero.


36 posted on 10/03/2013 9:53:37 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (My sweet talk is also savory and creamy.)
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To: sickoflibs
AS long as when GOP caves they dont pay all those GSes for the time they were off during shutdown. Then it cost more as it did in 1996.

It doesn't matter.

The point is that the US government is spending LESS money, right now, and virtually nobody is being negatively affected.

The longer it goes on, the more people will see that the libs cries that we need to constantly increase government spending is just that...a lie.

37 posted on 10/03/2013 9:55:42 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: Atlas Sneezed
Even in shutdown, Feds get overtime, comp time, 'Sunday pay'

http://washingtonexaminer.com/even-in-shutdown-feds-get-overtime-comp-time-sunday-pay/article/2536565

  Washington Sees Incomes Soar as Most of U.S. Declines

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/09/19/washington-sees-incomes-soar-as-most-of-u-s-declines/?mod=WSJ__MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird

Nearly Three-Quarters of Jobs Created Since June Are in Government

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2012/12/08/nearly_threequarters_of_jobs_created_since_june_are_in_government

Shutdown Preparations Prove Most Government Is Waste

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/093013-673139-most-of-white-house-staff-revealed-as-waste.htm

38 posted on 10/03/2013 9:59:59 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: DouglasKC

GREAT POST. THANKS!


39 posted on 10/03/2013 10:03:34 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: DouglasKC

I suspect you may need a different approach to your point.

The folks that support a bigger government are not likely convinced by math. They need feelings and emotional support, not facts.

I believe a bigger point to the conservatives is even during a government “shutdown” we are STILL spending more than we take in. This beast is sooooo huge it will take a continuous effort to starve it. We need to not let up if we win the current battles; the war is much larger.


40 posted on 10/03/2013 10:06:18 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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