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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Obama Budget Plan Weighs In At $3.8 Trillion


Deficits over decade estimated at 4.5 percent of economy

WASHINGTON
- President Barack Obama's proposed budget predicts the national deficit will crest at a record-breaking $1.6 trillion in the current fiscal year, then start to recede in 2011 to just below $1.3 trillion.

Still, the administration's new budget proposal to be released Monday says deficits over the next decade will average 4.5 percent of the size of the economy, a level that economists say is dangerously high if not addressed.

A congressional official provided the information, which comes from a White House summary document circulating freely on Capitol Hill and among Washington's lobbyists. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the spending proposal is not supposed to be made public until tomorrow.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Obama knows what he is doing. He is a great salesman. The only thing he needs to do is buy time and once government dependacy is at a level that will sustain the population the dollar will be collasped.

Anonymous said...

And a frozen budget will "save" 250 billion... BIG JOKE! A mere drop in the budget...