From The New York Times, 3/4/06:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/04/politics/04budget.html?ex=1299128400&en=6066f74a37068ce8&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Bush Plan Would Raise Deficit by $1.2 Trillion, Budget Office Says
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
WASHINGTON --
President Bush's budget would increase the federal deficit by $35
billion this year and by more than $1.2 trillion over the next decade,
the Congressional Budget Office reported on Friday.
The nonpartisan budget office said that Mr. Bush's tax-cutting
proposals would cost about $1.7 trillion over the next 10 years and
that his proposals to partly privatize Social Security would cost
about $312 billion during that period.
The office also said Mr. Bush's proposals to save money on Medicare,
Medicaid and most nonmilitary programs would offset about one-third of
the cost of his other proposals.
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Only $1.2 trillion? Small potatos. Petty Cash. Pocket change.
Harry
"WE WILL SPEND $3.3 TRILLION OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS ON TOP OF ---ON
TOP OF THE $1.9 TRILLION BUDGET. WE STILL HAVE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS
LEFT IN THE SURPLUS."
George W. Bush -- Inside Politics, 8/22/00
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