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| US deficit is shrinking...for now |
| 2007-02-22 |
| Despite the ongoing costs of US military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, the outlook for the federal budget has grown substantially brighter. Tax revenues are rising much faster than spending, according to Treasury Department numbers released last week. The recent trend is strong enough that, were it to continue, the budget could move into surplus in barely a year, one economist calculates. Already, the federal deficit is shrinking toward about half the size that it has averaged since 1970, when analyzed as a percentage of gross domestic product. The shift reflects a strong economy, with higher incomes and corporate profits generating a bigger flow of tax revenue. In turn, the Treasury's progress could help the economy by buoying investor confidence in the nation's fiscal position. Although it is a welcome change... I'll leave you to guess the rest. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #1 Just wait until the Democratics get ahold of the country's pursestrings. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2007-02-22 18:23 |