Those pesky numbers again

[Jangle]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional budget analysts said Wednesday that the federal government ran a deficit of $435 billion in the just-completed budget year, the smallest deficit since 2007 and well below the record shortfalls of President Barack Obama's first term.


The Congressional Budget Office report says it's the sixth consecutive drop in a row for the deficit, when measured against the size of the economy, since the $1.4 trillion deficit of Obama's first term

http://news.yahoo.com/congressional-...-finance.html#

[Gamma]

ah bwoy!

fiscally conservative?!! that means bush was fiscally too liberal?!!! wth??

[Assasin]

Bush was loose with the money bad.

With been fiscally prudent you can't compare the Bush years, only the Clinton era. What did Bush balance or improve on???

[Islandman]

Some of the deficit reduction was accomplished as a result of the debt ceiling fights, Obama gave up quite a bit of spending during those fights as a compromise.

More important though is a growing economy with reasonable tax rates like there exists now.

Yes Bush had a horrible record of fiscal spending.

[Rudi]

Stuff you won't hear on the GOP campaign trail.