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Government posts biggest monthly deficit ever
The Washington Times ^ | 07 March 2011 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 03/07/2011 12:19:57 PM PST by jda

"The federal government posted its largest monthly deficit in history in February at $223 billion, according to preliminary numbers the Congressional Budget Office released Monday morning.

"That figure tops last February’s record of $220.9 billion, and marks the 29th straight month the government has run in the red — a modern record. The last time the federal government posted even a monthly surplus was September 2008, just before the financial collapse.

"Last month’s federal deficit is nearly four times as large as the spending cuts House Republicans have passed in their spending bill, and is more than 30 times the size of Senate Democrats’ opening bid of $6 billion."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 0bamasfault; broke; budget; debt; deficit; obama; obamanomics; obamasfault; obmanation; spending; trillions
That's larger than the deficit for the entire year of 2007, but it's still probably Bush's fault.

So, the clear answer, according to the liberalistas, is that we must spend more! Makes sense to me - isn't that what everyone does when there's more month left than money???

1 posted on 03/07/2011 12:19:59 PM PST by jda
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To: jda

Good thing the government just cut four billion bucks in spending. Now they only have to do that fifty-five more times to cover February’s deficit (eyeball roll up to the ceiling).


2 posted on 03/07/2011 12:22:54 PM PST by jpl (Run Christie, run.)
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To: jda

“Government posts biggest monthly deficit ever” saved headline for future recycling.

But no “unexpectedly”, shocked.


3 posted on 03/07/2011 12:30:52 PM PST by WinMod70
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To: jda

So the republicans say the 4 billion cut every 4 weeks is the right way to go in terms of Compromise. So the incremental cuts will reduce the deficit.

So if I pay less the minimum acceptance on my credit card. What happens to my credit card and credit rating.

There has to real cuts coming from Washington DC, Pay cuts, downsizing governmental bureucracy and serious cuts to needless, repetitive agencies.

Yet I will be criticized that I am now going after John Boehner and Paul Ryan as being wussies. I have spoken with John Boehners Office and it has stated “we will go after the deficit in small incremental measures to reduce the deficit.” I simply stated”to the office show me how the incremental cuts will reduce the deficit to a manageable level. I said I really disagree but you will have to show me that it will work, but I have my doubts.”


4 posted on 03/07/2011 12:32:15 PM PST by hondact200 (Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
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To: jda
So, when does intentionally spending the nation bankrupt constitute treason? Can a POTUS intentionally set out to destroy our country and get away with it? Maybe its time for the military to step in and usher this pretender over to the local nut house...
5 posted on 03/07/2011 12:32:32 PM PST by April Lexington (Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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"That's larger than the deficit for the entire year of 2007, but it's still probably Bush's fault. So, the clear answer, according to the liberalistas, is that we must spend more! Makes sense to me - isn't that what everyone does when there's more month left than money???"

Oh, there's plenty of money around to pay those massive bills with---- OURS. There's much more of the peoples' money to be taxed yet. This is all part of the liberal COMMUNIST REDISTRIBUTION OF THE WEALTH AGENDA. In Massachusetts the Governor, (Obama's 'bro), is using tax payer money to fund healthy food for "poor" fat people who are fat because they can't access healthy foods like the wealthy can. Yep, you read that right. Ain't Communism great? What the hell, we allowed our nation to become communist; saw it coming for years and most people were too busy playing with their new high tech gadgets and watching the boob tube to do anything about it. You get what you pay for.

6 posted on 03/07/2011 12:33:39 PM PST by jiminycricket000
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Statist hypocrites swallow one trillion in a single gulp then squeal like piglets who's slop has been pulled away when faced with the prospect of 100 billion in reduced spending.

It makes me sick.

7 posted on 03/07/2011 12:33:44 PM PST by skeeter
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Remember when it used to take us A WHOLE YEAR to rack up a 230 billion dollar deficit?


8 posted on 03/07/2011 12:35:41 PM PST by Hacklehead (Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
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To: skeeter

y to reduce thw debt is to borrow and spend more!


9 posted on 03/07/2011 12:36:20 PM PST by screaminsunshine (34 States)
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To: hondact200
Obama quadruples and more the deficit in two years and the GOP can only find ways to nibble around the edges??? Short memories of the “hell” of the Bush years. Washington is out of control and the states had better reel it in before it destroys us all. Its time to panic, folks...
10 posted on 03/07/2011 12:36:20 PM PST by April Lexington (Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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I believe Victor Davis Hanson said, "Spending a trillion dollars shows that one is compassionate. Cutting a billion dollars shows that one is heartless."

So long as politicians and voters care about feeling good about themselves, "compassion" will win ever time.

11 posted on 03/07/2011 12:37:27 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: screaminsunshine
Obama’s scheme is to raise the bar to $1.5 trillion and start negotiating from there. Nobody can figure out how to get the deficit back to 2007 levels? Insanity. Our country is broke and nobody knows how to fix it. Obama and Sorros are taking full advantage of the situation to destroy the dollar, the middle class and American global power. Either the states act soon to reel in Washington or we are toast. Do the math. We have little time left before the middle class is wiped out.
12 posted on 03/07/2011 12:39:42 PM PST by April Lexington (Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: jda

According to Schedule!

Keep up the good work, 0bammy, and Western Civilization will be destroyed in our lifetime!


13 posted on 03/07/2011 12:40:21 PM PST by Uncle Miltie ("And did you exchange a walk on part in a war, for a lead role in a cage?")
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To: April Lexington

Moving more and more of my money out of the country.


14 posted on 03/07/2011 12:41:37 PM PST by Uncle Miltie ("And did you exchange a walk on part in a war, for a lead role in a cage?")
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Spending a trillion dollars shows that one is compassionate. Cutting a billion dollars shows that one is heartless.”

Of course that’s true! Thanks to public school math, everybody knows that a Billion is MUCH bigger than a Trillion. Duh!


15 posted on 03/07/2011 12:44:42 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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That's larger than the deficit for the entire year of 2007


16 posted on 03/07/2011 12:45:57 PM PST by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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I would surmise that this is why they released the news on starting up military tribunals at guantanamo bay today.

The Guantanamo bay story, while trivial compared with the deficit number, will get all the press, (at least by the main stream media) drowning out this little deficit number thingy.

Political genius; leadership disaster.

17 posted on 03/07/2011 1:02:27 PM PST by dan on the right
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Federal budget deficit hits all-time April record ($82.7 billion)

(AP) The federal budget deficit hit an all-time high for April as the government kept spending to aid the recovery while revenue fell sharply.

The Treasury Department said Wednesday the April deficit soared to $82.7 billion. That was significantly higher than last year’s April deficit of $20 billion and the largest imbalance for that month on record. April’s record deficit was higher than it would normally be because about a third of the increase resulted from benefits for May that were paid on the last day in April, analysts note. That was because May 1 fell on a Saturday.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/12/politics/main6477639.shtml

this from LAST May’s news...


18 posted on 03/07/2011 1:57:57 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: WOBBLY BOB
Change you can believe in!!!
19 posted on 03/07/2011 2:04:26 PM PST by jda ("Righteousness exalts a nation . . .")
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To: hondact200

I Don’t think our politicians are capable of even coming close to closing this deficit much-less reversing it to get rid of the debt.

I think we would be better off killing the credit rating of the United States and force the democrats to run gigantic debt in the time they are in office rather then allowing them to take cheap loans which they then pass off to us.

The whole idea of Government being able to run debt is inconsistent with the controls of democracy.


20 posted on 03/07/2011 2:41:06 PM PST by Monorprise
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