Deficit

    Barack Obama’s Deficit

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 12th at 11:43 PM  | 

    There was a USA Today story the other day that taxes in the United States are ridiculously low now. The basic gist of the story, pushed by leftwing groups who want everyone to bow down and face Washington for its “gifts” — never mind that it is your money to begin with — is that there is no conceivable way anybody in their right mind | Read More »

    Barack Obama’s Budget Deficit Is Bigger Than His Ego

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 16th at 07:02 PM  | 

    Naturally the White House waited until Friday evening to let this news out. It is catastrophic to his agenda even though he’ll want to blame George Bush. The Obama administration has released new deficit numbers, and they are not pretty. The deficit for Fiscal Year 2009, which ended Sept. 30, came in at a record $1.42 trillion, more than triple the record set just last | Read More »