The public has no idea the deficit is shrinking (MSNBC, do I need to say more)

MSNBC.com ^ | 2/23/2016 | Steve Benen

[stocksthatgoup]

Deficit smaller. Debt still blowing the roof off.

[tallyhoe]

Public debt is 19 trillion and growing!!!

[Brilliant]

Well it’s not shrinking anymore. It shrank after the sequester but now it’s going back up.

[toddausauras]

Phew! I guess all is well now, the country is back on the right track! Well I guess we don’t need Trump any longer. /s

[Chgogal]

The National Debt has grown under Comrade Obama from $9 Tillion to $19 Trillion in 7 years. The deficit may go up or down by a few hundred billion. Wow! What great leadership!

And what the hell did we get for the $10 Trillion? A new Panama Canal? A Hoover Dam? A trip to the moon? A decrease in poverty?

Eff DC!

[lurk]

People see the word deficit and think debt.

It’s the debt that matters.

I don’t expect the American voter to understand that.

[VTenigma]

The deficit is not shrinking. CBO came out last week and said revenue was down and the deficit was projected to grow.

[Gene Eric]

Exactly.

[clearcarbon]

"Bingo!!!!!!! Congratulations, you have won the highly acclaimed seven exclamation mark award."

Zowee

[fella]

[ontap]

The debt is shrinking just like we have 4.9 unemployment!!!

[weezel]

How in hell do they claim that the deficit is getting smaller? Based on WHAT? The 2 budgets that have been used since obama took over?

How in hell can you figure the deficit, when you have no budget to base it on?

[17th Miss Regt]

CBO came out last week and said revenue was down and the deficit was projected to grow.

D**n those conservatives! They screwed things up again!