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03-09-2010, 01:38 PM #1
Obama’s $8.6 trillion in deficits: Only a low-ball estimat
Obama’s $8.6 trillion in deficits: Only a low-ball estimate
10:48 am March 8, 2010, by Kyle Wingfield
Anyone trying to claim a fiscal equivalence between the Bush era and the Obama era needs to review the latest report from the Congressional Budget Office.
In its recent budget report, the White House forecast budget deficits totaling $8.6 trillion over the next decade. To keep that in perspective, the total public debt held by the end of 2009 — that is, by the end of George W. Bush’s last budget — was $7.5 trillion.
See graph at:
http://blogs.ajc.com/kyle-wingfield/201 ... _wingfield
Graph originally posted at gregmankiw.blogspot.com
CBO, however, says even that mind-boggling projection is too low. In fact, the nonpartisan budget crunchers estimate, the cumulative deficit from 2010-2020 will be $9.8 trillion. That’s a difference of $1.2 trillion, as illustrated to the left (the graph comes from Greg Mankiw).
How much is $1.2 trillion? It’s roughly the same as the combined deficits of Bush’s first four years in office. And remember, we’re only talking about the “extraâ€
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