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GOP’s Budget Projections Extend To 2080?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Democrats, Money, Republicans

Anybody see the Republican budget today? Well, here it is, but it’s seriously stretching credibility to call it a budget. This is much more of an outline of some of their core ideas that will be included in a budget. And sure, it’s much more involved than the document they provided last week, but it’s still very thin.

However, what stands out in particular is yet another scare tactic…

So how did they arrive at a projection that extends to 2080?

Honestly, I have no idea since this is the graph the CBO put together that extends to 2019…

And when you search “cbo’s long-term alternative fiscal scenario” in Google there are no real results to speak of that show an additional 70 year projection. Seriously, how are the extending that line from 2019 to 2080?

Yet again, it appears as if Republicans are cutting their credibility out from under them by substituting fear for facts. And I don’t know if they realize it or not, but voters roundly rejected the politics of fear last year.

More as it develops…

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7 Responses to “GOP’s Budget Projections Extend To 2080?”

Jim S Says:
April 1st, 2009 at 8:55 pm
It can’t be wrong, Justin. They double checked the results from the crystal ball with a ouija board after they got Rush Limbaugh’s expert analysis.
Bill Says:
April 1st, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Yeah, because if it’s not on Google, it doesn’t exist!
gerryf Says:
April 1st, 2009 at 9:57 pm
The toilet paper I use to wipe my butt is a better projector of government spending as a percentage of GDP than the GOP “budget” released today.
Jimmy the Dhimmi Says:
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:08 am
Reminds me of this campaign ad (which needs to be updated obviously).
Jimmy the Dhimmi Says:
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:09 am
oops, here is the link.
allan Says:
April 2nd, 2009 at 5:14 am
I like the level of detail in the GOP projection with the tiny perturbations. It looks like the Republicans are already planning for the recession of 2067 and have anticipated the following growth period around 2071….
Trescml Says:
April 2nd, 2009 at 7:40 am
Take your hand and cover up the graph after 2019. What you find is that the differences between Republican and Democratic plans visually are not hugely different.

What this shows me is that freezing non-defense discretionary spending won’t solve the budget deficit or even put much of a dent in it. If the deficit is going to be eliminated, major programs will have to be eliminated or restructured. It will end up taking a crisis worse than we have now before something like that will get through Congress.

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