Gattigap |
08-22-2005 05:23 PM |
Deficit.
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Originally posted by Spanky
Just as soon as we put the Social Security shortfall back on the books (which by the ways shows that we never had a balanced budget under Clinton).
Oh wait a second. The Iraq war is on the books. What gave you the impression that it is not? Is that what the New York Times told you?
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It has not been in the budget, which is one of those moments where the Administration actually publishes something for the world to see where it states boldly, clearly, over many hundreds of pages, what it plans to spend for the coming year.
In past years, an Administration official has come forth to wave his hands and exclaim that this expenditure is unimaginably complex, unknowable to the human mind, and not only should it be kept out of the budget, but that it should be included in the theory of Intelligent Design.
That, notwithstanding the fact that (IIRC) expenditures have been pretty constant over the last year or so, at $4-5 Billion per month. Thank God revenues from Iraqi oil have kept this number to a small, manageable level.
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