[OESY]

[Drango]

But the real story emerging this week is that the White House finally seems serious about holding the line on its budgetary spending strictures -- and won't stand for any fuzzy math either....

Words. I want action.

[goldstategop]

With spending cuts and economic growth, the debt should be halved to $100 billion in four years. And the Chicken Littles scream the sky is falling!

[snopercod]

"Federal debt held by the public". See the spike during WW II?

We don't pay for wars with "War Bonds" any more. See my tagline.

[oberon01610]

After two wars the Clinton Recession and 9/11 it is a miracle that the deficit is not significantly larger then it is. That said Congress must hold the line on spending, after all what is the economic point of having a Republican House, Senate, and WH if they are going to spend like liberal Democrats, ie the FDR era when the debt to GDP ratio was above 100%

[traviskicks]

20% budget cuts across all programs except Department of Defense and homeland security would be nice.

In the bloated department of Education this would still give a 20% increase from when Bush first took office... (discraceful)