After ramming trillion dollar health care “reform” down our throats…
After the nearly $900 “stimulus” that did nothing to stimulate anything other than my ire…
After borrowing trillions to pay for yet more government spending…
After demolishing our economy to such an extent, that the Chinese are considering dumping us…
NOW, the White House is all of a sudden concerned about our fiscal situation?
The Office of Management and Budget report has ominous news for President Barack Obama should he seek re-election in 2012 — a still-high unemployment rate of 8.1 percent. That would be well above normal, which is closer to a rate of 5.5 percent to 6 percent. Private economists don’t think the unemployment rate will drop to those levels until well into this decade.
The gaping deficits are of increasing concern to voters. But Obama and Democrats controlling Congress are mostly taking a pass on deficit reduction this year as they await possible recommendations from Obama’s deficit commission.
While there’s a slight improvement in the deficit for the current year, next year’s predicted $1.42 trillion worth of red ink — that’s 37 cents of borrowing for every dollar spent — is looking worse. It’s about $150 billion more than previously predicted, because of still-slumping tax revenues.
White House budget director Peter Orszag said the numbers represent a “fiscal situation that requires attention.”
Gee, ya think?
