[neodad]

Thank God for Nancy. All those new tax revenues due to the increased minimum wage.

[SF Republican]

Ah, so these will soon be known as the good ole days.

[b4its2late]

Bush's Fault!

[2banana]

Amazing the good news the press reports on AFTER the election..

[SolidForce]

See??? The Bu$$$h tax cuts and low wages are DESTROYING, DESTROYING I say, the economy!!

Thank god for Speaker Pelosi and her plans to take the corporate devils down a peg or two!

[poobear]

All this before they've passed the minimum wage increase. Just wait till they raise taxes on the 'Rich'. They'll wallow in the sloth for a few months, recession will creep in and they'll blame it on the Republicans just in time for the 2008 Presidential Election.

[TommyDale]

Must be because of the Democrats regaining Congress! LOL!

[Southack]

We're on track for the deficit to fall to $170 Billion for 2007. This will reduce the supply of government debt pouring into the Market. Lower supply with the same Demand means higher prices for those notes. Higher prices for debt notes means lower interest rates.

Thus, the Market is going to deliver lower interest rates in the 2nd half of 2007 and 1st half of 2008 in the run-up to the Presidential election.

You heard it here, first.

[Uncle Miltie]

"a continued surge in tax revenues"

This is not possible because of tax cuts for the rich.

< / laffer curve denial>

[rightinthemiddle]

I'm not reading the article, cuz I'm afraid Crutsinger will give credit for this to the Democrat majority in Congress and I'll throw up.

[sono]

This economy is the greatest story never told.

Larry Kudlow

[Major_Risktaker]

The federal deficit has improved significantly in the first three months of the new budget year, helped by a continued surge in tax revenues.

BIG DEAL!

The national debt is close to 9 Trillion.

The National Debt has continued to increase an average of $1.61 billion per day since September 29, 2006!

Video: Money, Banking and the Federal Reserve

[beethovenfan]

This is terrible! We must take the economy in a new direction!
We must raise taxes! (Sarcasm)

[Frank_2001]

Yeah, well, whatever-it's STILL Bush's fault!;)

[RGSpincich]

Why is this considered good news? Overdrawing your checking account is bad. Overdrawing by 80+ billion in three months is real bad.

[hosepipe]

[ Deficit Falls to Lowest Level in 4 Years ]

What happened 4 years ago?.. to raise the deficit?..
Who raised it?... and by how much?..

[Uncle Hal]

You will find this article buried at the bottom of page 23B in the second section of your local newspaper.

[avacado]

The new fiscal year to date:

CURRENT YEAR

OCTOBER: 49 billion deficit
NOVEMBER: 75 billion deficit
DECEMBER: 44 billion surplus

YEAR-TO-DATE: 80 billion deficit

http://fms.treas.gov/mts/mts1206.txt