Comments on: Federal Budget: Revenues & Outlays

By: PB

PB — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:03:07 +0000

This is a wonderful post. It really begs the question, “What is the Obama administration doing proposing to cut revenues below the Bush Baseline?”

By: Charles L. Baker

Charles L. Baker — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:19:04 +0000

This graph is FALSE. Don’t you remember that President Bush kept the cost of his two wars “off budget?”

While Obama is attempting to be honest and include everything – this was never done during the Bush years.

Read more details about this kind of lying here:

http://www.asymptosis.com/this-time-mankiws-just-plain-lying-and-he-knows-it.html

-Charlie

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By: ben rush

ben rush — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:16:27 +0000

there are no units on this chart! what is the vertical axis referring to?

By: GS

GS — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:35:23 +0000

Can you chart the difference to see how “now” compares to the past? Charted with recessions?

By: spencer

spencer — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:12:10 +0000

The baseline scenario makes several unrealistic assumptions that make the baseline projections unrealistic small. They include the assumption that the Bush tax cuts
will expire and nothing will be done to eliminate the Alternative minimum Tax.

Consequently it is an extremely biased projection.

By: Jason Seligman

Jason Seligman — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:36:55 +0000

This is a wonderful post. It really begs the question, “What is the Obama administration doing proposing to cut revenues below the Bush Baseline?”