American Entropy: Bush's budget BS

13 July 2005

Bush's budget BS

The latest bushCo. hype is the 'falling budget' which appeared in most major news circles. Some have reported responsibly, others have not. Remember when you read or hear this

Surging revenues and a steady economy have led the White House to project that this year's federal budget deficit will drop to $333 billion, nearly $100 billion below earlier estimates. ''We're ahead of projections now,'' President Bush said Wednesday. Bush said the improving deficit picture vindicated his stewardship of the economy and budget.

''These numbers indicate that we're going to cut the deficit in half faster than the year 2009 -- so long as Congress holds the line on spending,'' Bush said following a Cabinet meeting.

Know that these numbers DO NOT include Iraq or Afghanistan!

Right now the projected numbers for the occupation of Iraq and the continued "war on terror" in Afghanistan are over $200 billion through the end of this year. It doesn't take a math genius to see that suddenly a $100 billion "plummet" now equals a $100 billion "rise." In logic class we would call that 'lying by omission'.

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