Budget Deficit Shrinks Due to Strengthening Economy (Daschle On Life-Support)

The Wall Street Journal ^ | October 15, 2003 | JOHN D. MCKINNON

[Pubbie]

The US GDP is growing faster, the economy is starting to create jobs.

If the Budget deficit starts to shrink then it's all over for the Democrats next year...

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[RiflemanSharpe]

Good News.

[Lunatic Fringe]

But it is substantially narrower than the $455 billion the White House predicted a few months ago.

Smart move... predict terrible news, and Americans breathe a sigh of relief when the news is only "bad." CUT. SPENDING. NOW.

[areafiftyone]

Daschle on Life Support

ROFLMAO!

[Lunatic Fringe]

But it is substantially narrower than the $455 billion the White House predicted a few months ago.

Smart move... predict terrible news, and Americans breathe a sigh of relief when the news is only "bad." CUT. SPENDING. NOW.

[Pubbie]

It's called "Strategery"!

[Arrowhead1952]

Democrats dismissed the difference as a drop in the bucket, but some economists said that if the trend continues, it could point the way to more decent budget news in mid to late 2004, just as voters are beginning to focus on the election and President Bush's track record on the economy.

If the budget deficit shrinks due to a strengthening economy Daschle will be on suicide watch. The RATs along with the media will spin this and try to repeal the tax cuts, no matter how small the deficit becomes.

[rllngrk33]

The budget deficit could be eliminated overnight if the 535 princes and princesses in congress would learn that it's not their money they're spending. It's the taxpayers money. Now if they could just make the connection between taxpayers and voters...

[rllngrk33]

Now, projecting budgets has become more difficult than ever, thanks to all the tax-law changes under Mr. Bush.

Sounds like some personal bias/opinion has been injected here.

[Pubbie]

Yes we would have 0 unemployment if weren't for Bush "Giving away" all that money to those EEEEEEEEEEEEEVIL Rich White Males.

[randita]

Agree this is strategery. Watch for the budget deficit to come down drastically. This accomplishes two important goals: 1) takes all the air out of the Democrat balloon that the tax cut is responsible for spiraling deficits and a failing economy and 2) beautifully sets up another tax cut proposal for passage during 2004, an election year.

[Constitutional Patriot]

"Now if they could just make the connection between taxpayers and voters..."

Unfortunately for tax payers, there is a sizeable amount of voters who don't pay taxes (but do live off tax payers).

[grumple]

Ref# post 12 - Didn't Dick Morris predict this in one of his columns a while back? Something about the taxt cuts are being well timed?

[dead]

Time for “Tommy Daschle’s Dollhouse Funnies!”

[supercat]

The budget deficit could be eliminated overnight if the 535 princes and princesses in congress would learn that it's not their money they're spending.

I wish I had a machine that could replace "government" with "taxpayers" in various news reports about how the Illinois "government" will be giving money to this or the U.S. "government" will be spending money on that.

[Clintonfatigued]

Things are slowly beginning to look up as the year progresses. I hope this is the harbinger of a national trend.

[Grampa Dave]

I think that a few rats and rinos in California got the message last Tuesday when we flushed Herr Davis down the toilet.

Now if some other states with rats in control and severe deficit problems due to over spending would do the same, the message will help in November 2004 across our nation.

[alrea]

Monsier Dashell and Madame Hillary are going to do everything they can to insure that job creation doesn't follow this recovery.

[Grampa Dave]

They are losing that battle except maybe in states like California, Oregon and Washington where rat governors and rat legislatures since the time of Bubba have been anti business re laws, regulations and in the media.