Federal Deficit Cut in Half - Media ignores As Usual

[fossten]

Thank You President Bush Tax Cuts!

Of course, the Democrats want to go in a different direction, remember? Guess we all know what that means.

 

[RRocket]

Does your little chart matter all that much when your national debt is increasing by nearly $1.5 Billion per day??

One of the US' main creditors, China, must be loving it!

 

[fossten]

Does your little chart matter all that much when your national debt is increasing by nearly $1.5 Billion per day??

One of the US' main creditors, China, must be loving it!

The point of this graph is to show that the tax cuts have worked, because they have created more revenue. (See title of thread)

You get no argument from me about the debt. I agree that it's too big. Of course, I've always been a proponent of cutting spending. In fact, here are the first things I'd get rid of:


Budget items to be completely deleted from the national trough

Department of Health and Human Services .......................... 765,056
Department of Housing and Urban Development ................. 48,994
Department of Labor ............................................................ 55,485
Department of Transportation .............................................. 65,651
Department of the Treasury ................................................. 494,293
Environmental Protection Agency ........................................ 7,904
Social Security Administration .............................................. 622,709
Postal Service ....................................................................... 3,502
Railroad Retirement Board ................................................... 4,969
Other Independent Agencies ............................................... 14,474
Department of Agriculture ................................................... 118,660
Department of Education ..................................................... 85,393
Department of Energy .......................................................... 28,323
Total....................................................................................2,315,413
(amounts in millions)