How big is the deficit? Libertarians should argue against any deficit in the budget. What was the economic growth rate in US last year? On 02/09/2006 13:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Bush Budget, Bigger or Smaller? > > It's that time of year again, when libertarians and folks who think > > logically will argue about which number is larger. > > The 2006 federal budget (started Oct. 1, 2005) > > looks like it was $2.58 trillion. > > Bush in his State of the Union speech is now proposing > > a $2.77 trillion budget, an increase of about 7.3% > > For fair comparison, inflation last year was only about 3.4% > > Democrats, as partisan panders, are insincerely complaining now > > that Bush has finally cut some funding increases for programs. > > So, the trillion dollar question is this: does Bush's budget > > increase or decrease the size of the US Federal Budget? > > > > > > One of the most sarcastic successes of government schools > > has been to dumb down most Americans’ basic skills in math so > > that Americans can be robbed of intelligence, as well as more > > efficiently robbed by their federal, state and local governments’ > > policies of increasing taxing and spending (other peoples’ money). > > > > When you talk to your guv-mint skooled associates > > slowly, patiently and as lovingly as possible, > > Try to explain to them that 2.77 is bigger than 2.58. > > And as these figures are trillions of dollars, it is very much bigger. > > > > > > This week in 1933, Adolph Hitler, the National Socialist (Nazi) was > > named Chancellor of Germany, thus creating the History Channel. > > It was on this week in 1690 that the first paper money in America > > was issued. Which eventually lead to the creation of the > > Republican Party. It was also on this week in 1913 that Congress > > passed the 13th Amendment, to levy taxes on individual’s incomes. > > Which, of course, lead to the creation of the Democrat Party. > > > > > > "Washington is the only place where people break the law > > and then call for changing the law." — Senator Norm Coleman > > > > "Worse than denial is denying you have been in denial." > > — Cal Thomas, FOX NEWS commentator > > > > "There comes a point, sometimes, when logic is denied, reason is > > abandoned, and that vital connection to reality is severed. Once > > upon a time, we called this a nervous breakdown and prescribed > > a rest cure. Now, we call it a press conference and take notes." — Diana West > > > > DisINFORMation > > The Incredible Shrinking Government Growth: "There are no tax increases. > > Instead, there are a host of spending reductions. On top of the list: Slowing > > spending on Medicare by $36 billion through 2011... [T]he budget calls for > > doing away with or making substantial cuts in 141 programs for a saving of $15 > > billion." — ABC's ‘reporter,’ Martha Raddatz, fatuously proclaiming smaller > > growth in government spending increases, as “cuts” and thereby nightmarishly > > personifying George Orwell’s 1984 “Newspeak” in deadpan. > > > > "It was the first State of the Union Mr. Bush has given in which Congress > > seemed utterly pre-9/11 in terms of battle lines drawn... It seemed a metaphor > > for the Democrat Party: We don't know where to stand or what to stand for, and > > in fact we're not good at standing for anything anyway, but at least we know we > > can't stand Republicans." — Peggy Noonan, Pres. Ronald Reagan’s leading > > legendary speechwriter > > > > "Government cannot achieve the efficiencies of a business. Trying to get > > government to be as efficient as business is as hopeless as trying to teach cats > > to bark and dogs to meow." — Walter Williams, 2004’s Chairman of George Mason > > University’s Economics Dept. (Washington, D.C.) and sometimes > > substitute-talk-show host for Rush Limbaugh > > > > "Liberty of conscience is nowadays only understood to be the liberty of > > believing what men please, but also of endeavoring to propagate that belief as much > > as they can." — university dean, Jonathan Swift and author of one literature’ > > s all-time greatest, political satires, Gulliver’s Travels. > > > > >From the Global Village Idiot: "The imperialist, genocidal, fascist attitude > > of the U.S. president has no limits. I think Hitler would be like a suckling > > baby next to George W. Bush." —Venezuela's Pres. Hugo Chavez > > > > When in doubt, blurt out: "I did meet with some of the same Hamas members in > > Ramallah and I think they told me they want to have a peaceful > > administration." — X-Pres. Jimmy Carter celebrating the recent election of terrorists to > > Palestinian political power. > > > > "Christians, Jews, Buddhists, [and] Mormons...don't lash out in violence > > when their religious sensibilities are offended. They certainly don't expect > > their beliefs to be immune from criticism, mockery, or dissent. But > > radical Muslims do." — Jeff Jacoby in the Boston Globe, > > when thousands of religious zealots rioted internationally > > after seeing a few, two-dimensional Danish political cartoons > > > > "Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear > > what they are not." — Elias Root Beadle > > > > "You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only > > for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along." > > — Aristophanes, ancient Greek wise man > > "The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the > > principles on which it was founded." —Charles-Louis De Secondat > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > > > > > Libertarian > > > English language > > > Political parties > > > > > Online dictionary > > > American politics > > > > > > > > YAHOO! 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