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To: tejek who wrote (175428)9/26/2003 7:05:58 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578949
 
The problem is that spending has been increasing faster then the economy is growing.

Bull.........spending has not increased by a 1/2 trillion dollars. That's how much the deficit will be next year.


Read my sentence again carefully. It is 100% true. Of course there are other factors as well. A smaller one is the tax cut. Another one is the simple fact that the economy went in to a mild recession and then a very anemic recovery greatly reducing expected revenue, that last factor, which is probably the biggest part of the deficit, falls under my statement about how "spending has been increasing faster then the economy is growing".

Tim



To: tejek who wrote (175428)9/26/2003 7:08:24 PM
From: TimF  Respond to of 1578949
 
You can't avoid the "if"; the Iraqi war made sure of that.

Fiscally and as a matter of law you could. It could be done with out any great dificulty. Politically however it has almost 0% chance of happening, Iraq or no Iraq.

Tim