Comments on: GOP’s Budget Projections Extend To 2080?

By: Trescml

Trescml — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:40:07 +0000

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.

By: allan

allan — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:14:07 +0000

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….

By: Jimmy the Dhimmi

Jimmy the Dhimmi — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:09:49 +0000

oops, here is the link.

By: Jimmy the Dhimmi

Jimmy the Dhimmi — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:08:15 +0000

Reminds me of this campaign ad (which needs to be updated obviously).

By: gerryf

gerryf — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:57:25 +0000

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.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:31:02 +0000

Yeah, because if it’s not on Google, it doesn’t exist!

By: Jim S

Jim S — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:55:16 +0000

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.