February 09, 2007

Federal Surplus Predicted By 2009

So much for the argument that "tax cuts don't work." Record revenues don't lie.

Tax relief works. JFK knew it, Friedman knew it, the GOP knows it, and the present say Democrats can't figure it out.

Argument over. Tax-hikers lose.

Posted by: Good Lt. at 09:22 AM | Comments (24) | Add Comment
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1 Do you even know what you are talking about? In one year Bush will replace the 9 trillion debt he has accumulated? Or do you mean we will finally be able to stop borrowing to make the payments to China? Yahoo!

Posted by: tbone at February 09, 2007 12:39 PM (HGqHt)

2 Then take it up with that rightwing rag known as Time magazine.



Posted by: Good Lt at February 09, 2007 01:05 PM (D0TMh)

3 Steve Conover has been discussing (and predicting) this very thing for quite some time now, as well as many other factoids about the economy, the debt and other critical issues not discussed by Time, et al.

Posted by: goy at February 09, 2007 01:35 PM (XyeTZ)

4 You idiots, we're 9 trilion dollars in debt.  Yea, tax cuts are really great.
 
Foolish Americans.

Posted by: civil behavior at February 09, 2007 01:52 PM (d0Z5T)

5 Do you even know what you are talking about? In one year Bush will
replace the 9 trillion debt he has accumulated? Or do you mean we will
finally be able to stop borrowing to make the payments to China?

Are you retarded? Did you even read the article? We will have a BUDGET surplus. That means the overall debt will stop growing (except for interest). This is tremendously good news, and directly contradicts the predictions that cutting taxes would cause the debt to balloon.

Posted by: wooga at February 09, 2007 02:29 PM (t9sT5)

6 You idiots, we're 9 trilion dollars in debt.  Yea, tax cuts are really great.
 
Foolish Americans.

So did the tax cuts hurt or help the American debt situation?  Golly, it looks like it helped! And then you complain that it didn't help enough - it's just a drop in the bucket... Well that drop in a bucket is several thousand dollars in my pocket. It's a win-win outcome.

See, if you tried to raise taxes to squeeze that extra money from me, not only would I suffer, but the overall revenues would actually decrease, and we would start operating at a loss again.  Raising taxes is a lose-lose result.  It's something they teach in economics 101.

Posted by: wooga at February 09, 2007 02:33 PM (t9sT5)

7 Gay:


"Steve Combover has been discussing (and predicting) this very thing for quite some time now, as well as many other factoids about the economy, the debt and other critical issues not discussed by Time, et al."


And yet, nothing he predicted has happened.

Posted by: Jeff Bargholz at February 09, 2007 02:41 PM (Dt3sl)

8 Snivel:


Clinton piled on the debt, and Bush is tossing it out, even with his wastrel ways. Deal with it, tard-boy.

Posted by: Jeff Bargholz at February 09, 2007 02:48 PM (Dt3sl)

9 Time magazine is a mouth-piece for the right-wing.
Know it!!!
 
Or do you think corporations (AOL Time-Warner) feel the Left being powerful is better for them?

Posted by: Robert at February 09, 2007 03:24 PM (VTtVl)

10 Robert:


If the "corporations" that own AOL Time Warner cared about what is "better" for them, they wouldn't produce left-wing tripe that the public detests, now would they?


Fucking idiot.

Posted by: Jeff Bargholz at February 09, 2007 05:07 PM (Dt3sl)

11 Is this prediction as reliable as "the war will soon be over"?

Posted by: John at February 09, 2007 05:23 PM (qiTAx)

12 Funny, I seem to recall the liberals crowing about Clinton's supposed surpluses, with nary a peep about the national debt.

Asstards.

Posted by: Eric at February 09, 2007 07:11 PM (fdAim)

13 Because Clinton wasn't adding to the debt, and he actually had a surplus... not just a prediction of a surplus. That's kind of a big difference especially when the prediction comes from a second rate consevative blog.

Posted by: John at February 09, 2007 07:52 PM (qiTAx)

14 Yeah - the conservative blog known as TIME magazine.

Do any of you lefties read?

Posted by: Good Lt at February 10, 2007 12:13 AM (D0TMh)

15 ........ GOD YOU ARE SO STUPID! BUSH IS A DRUGGIE! NOTHING ELSE MATTERS! bush did cocaine got into car crashes and skipped out on military service! thats ALL that needs to be said about bush. ALL!

Posted by: Jake at February 10, 2007 01:57 AM (AeRA2)

16 "Associated" with TIME and CNN. Buddy is still a conservative blogger, and gee... it's not like his predicton could be wrong now could it? Face it dreamy... you live in an imaginary world that is very quickly crumbling. g'night.

Posted by: John at February 10, 2007 03:38 AM (S3Rzh)

17 "he actually had a surplus"

LOL. Right. Fueled by the Largest Tax Increase in U.S. History, eviscerating our national defense and treating the Social Security fund as part of the fedgov's "spendable" cash.

Clinton achieved only two authentic surpluses during his administration. One was left on Monica's dress. The other was carted off in Sandy Berger's underwear. I forget in which order.


Posted by: goy at February 10, 2007 11:50 AM (yxrZu)

18 Goy:


I misconstrued your original comment. I apologize.

Posted by: Jeff Bargholz at February 10, 2007 12:25 PM (Dt3sl)

19 Jakeass:


"Bush lied, people died! Fake but accurate National Guard memos! Halliburton caused hurricne Katrina! Joos and Bush caused 911 and 7-7! Quagmire! Civil war! Dicks taste yummy!"


Take some anti-psychotics for your BDS, dork-boy.

Posted by: Jeff Bargholz at February 10, 2007 12:34 PM (Dt3sl)

20 Johke:

Newt Gingrich's Congress was reponsible for the economic success shoved doen Clinton's throat.


Try again.

Posted by: Jeff Bargholz at February 10, 2007 12:36 PM (Dt3sl)

21 Foolish people. Why don't we just wait until it ACTUALLY happens. Words are easy to spread. Deeds are a little bit more difficult to complete. Until now, all of Mr Bush's words have been useless, so why celebrate his words when nothing has happened yet? Do you really think all those budget numbers will stay intact when we invade Iran this spring? Really? I don't think so. This is another 'talking point' for those on the right who cannot (for some reason) see the truth very clearly. I guess you start to run out of speeches for how well the invasion is going, so now you start cheerleading an economic success? Let's just wait and see.

Posted by: Tom at February 10, 2007 02:21 PM (6QkE3)

22 Do you really think all those budget numbers will stay intact when we invade Iran this spring?

A concession that the numbers look good. By the way, the left has been screeding about Iraq bankrupting the nation for years, and that hasn't and won't happen. Paranoid, ignorant fantasy of ranting fools. Per usual.

Tax cuts work. End of argument. You lose.

Posted by: Good Lt at February 10, 2007 10:35 PM (D0TMh)

23 Tom Fool:


If everything President Bush's words had been worthless so far, you wouldn't bother commenting on them, would you?


This is another 'talking point' for those on the far left who cannot (for some reason) see the truth at all. I guess you start to run out of speeches for how badly the mission to aid Iraq is allegedly going, so now you start naysaying the President's economic successes.


By the way, weren't you hypocrites braying that Iran is greater threat than the terrorists in Iraq just a short while ago? Kind of like castigating Bush three years straight for not sending more "enough" troops to Iraq, and now castigating him because he is sending more. You voted for it before you voted against it, right?


The mealy mouthed stupidity of the left knows no bounds. You Stalin-Lites will say anything to get your way.

Posted by: Jeff Bargholz at February 11, 2007 03:04 PM (Dt3sl)

24 Notice the timing.
 
If the Democrat wins the Presidential election, he/she will get all the credit of the surplus.  If the Republican wins the election, he/she will be ignored and the Democratic Congress will get the credit.
 
Nuance.
 

Posted by: hadsil at February 12, 2007 10:56 PM (YZ/HQ)

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