Posted on 02/04/2014 9:42:18 AM PST by ColdOne
WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. budget deficit is set to fall to $514 billion this year, down substantially from last year and the lowest level by far since President Barack Obama took office five years ago, a congressional report said Tuesday.
The Congressional Budget Office credits higher tax revenues from the rebounding economy and sharp curbs on agency spending as the chief reason for the deficit's short-term decline.
But the budget experts see the long-term deficit picture worsening by about $100 billion a year through the end of the decade because of slower growth in the economy than they had previously predicted.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
Let’s have a permanent sequester of at least 10% in reduced federal agency budgets and employment and watch that deficit melt. It’s really as simple as subtracting a dime from every dollar that was budgeted by the spendthrifts in Congress.
I like how revenue has gone up due to rebounding economy and not because of tax increases. Go figure
“””The Congressional Budget Office credits higher tax revenues from the rebounding economy and sharp curbs on agency spending as the chief reason for the deficit’s short-term decline. “””””
Did this come from the CBO or SNL??? It’s pretty funny.
Sequestration worked..
so Obama bailed on it..
hiked taxes..
yet will get credit..
half a trillion in the hole
will be cheered as a step Forward.
bizarre twisted world
But still a higher annual deficit than any other President in history.
Budget? What Budget? I thought they hadn’t posted a budget in the last 6 years?
Color me very skeptical.
Remember several biggies have been moved to “off the books”, Fannie & Freddie for example. That’s worth over $300 billion a year right there. Don’t forget SS funds are placed in the general fund to lower the deficit.
Rule of thumb, due to Federal accounting practices (which would put organized crime to shame), the real deficit is going to be *at least* 50% greater than the reported one. In this instance, it is probably double.
Also, if unfunded liabilities were to be included in the manner corporations are REQUIRED to do, the deficit would be more in the range of $6 trillion last year.
Who you gonna believe? The CBO or your lying eyes?
I know the difference between rain and a Commie pi**ing on my leg.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
During the SOTU show Barry claimed 9 million signed up for Barrycare ,but during O’Reilly’s intereview he claimed 3 million.
What an upside down world the Congressional Budget (snort, budget) Office lives in.
“Rebounding economy.” What is this, some kind of sick joke?
The Gov. collected 10’s of billions of dollars via capitol
gains in 2013. Good luck with that this year.
Garbage in, garbage out. The Gelded OLD Pansies are part of this fiasco.
More “fun with numbers.”
SUPER COOL!!
This means there's no reason the raise the debt ceiling. Right?
In a word: Sequester!
I’m guessing it’s based on that magic math used in Common Core, I can’t make sense of this.
rebounding economy? Stop believing government statistics and propaganda
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