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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: epicure who wrote (39707)7/17/2007 2:15:49 PM
From: Cogito  Read Replies (1) of 541296
 
>>If the deficit does not include the money we are actually spending on the war, which I have read it does not, doesn't that mean the budget deficit numbers are nothing more than a fairy tale?<<

Iktomi -

Since the war spending is done through "supplemental appropriations" and the like, it is indeed off-budget, and doesn't affect the budget deficit. It does, however, add to the National Debt, which continues to rise alarmingly.

This site has some interesting information about the real numbers:

zfacts.com

- Allen
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