Budget Deficit Down Slightly, Still Hits $1.35 Trillion

Wow! You could feed the world at McDonald's for that!

I find it unbelievable how vaguely the media approaches the collapse of our entire free market economy. They act as if things are getting normal when things are getting further and further from salvage.
Truly a brainwashed society and our country will fail because the watchdogs are fools.

The deficit is down. But the republican palm reader network told me it was up and off the charts.

How many countries, other then America, led by a person of color are free and prosperous?

wait until the turndown gets worst then it will go up.

So, you would rather spend money on war then helping out other Americans? Nice..

Vance: You hit the nail on the head. Obama's throwing money at all these short term "bandaid" remedies while completely ignoring the problems we need to fix, such as creating a healthy environment for business and the free market system.

It sucks.

What's 500 billion give or take these days?

And this is suppose to make us feel confident?

Economics aint simple..but let's look at the big picture. 1) Consumers want more and are confidant. 2) Productivity has jumped over 3% 3)We still lead in technology (windows 7 , I-PAD etc, the Boeing 787, Ford cars - LL Bean clothes) 4) we just escaped the worse possible scenario in history. 5) DEBT IS a problem but if we continue with working smart! we can emerge OK. It will however take a concerted EFFORT of all players in the economy...business, government and consumers. GOD BLESS AMERICA!

It would be helpful if the little marxist community organizer and his tribe would return the $500 billion or so unspent "stimulous" money to reduce the deficit. But no, he and Joe will be flying around the country like Santa Clause dispensing "stimulous money" to areas which - and this is coincidental of course - have democrats in political trouble.

Since they are all in trouble, and there is not enough money - anywhere - to make up for his failed marxist policies, how about he just give it back to the taxpayers in the form of a reduced deficit.

It would have been VERY helpful if the last Republican administration had not doubled the national debt to 12 trillion dollars in the first place.
How about returning that money?

It is extraordinary, that Americans choose to accept the rhetoric delivered to them daily concerning deficit spending and are incapable of google searching 'National Debt by Presidents' and witness the facts and truth pertaining to the United States National Debt.
The record of the National Debt is recorded for each President and as would be expected, at its greatest point at the close of WWII. Take a moment please, google search 'National Debt by Presidents' for yourself and witness the truth concerning "Republican Fiscal Conservatism" and "Tax and Spend Liberals". Pay particular attention to the modern era years pertaining to Roosevelt-Truman, Kennedy-Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagan - H.Bush, Clinton, W. Bush and Obama to date!
'National Debt by Presidents'. Truth, facts and US History above Political Rhetoric!

Fiscal Conservative Republicanism is the fraud.
Google search 'National Dept by Presidents' and instead of perpetuating yet another lie and another spin, look at the truth, the facts and the history of the National Debt broken down by Presidential term!

There is a difference in the national debt and the budget. They are NOT the same. And the national debt NEVER went up under Clinton. And Clinton did leave Bush with a budget surplus and the national debt was at its lowest since Carter. And the GDP is a factor in the debt determination figures also. And as for congressional control, its hard for the congress not to approve an obligation to our country that a president has pretty much already made.