True deficit: $3.5 trillion

A report scheduled to be released by the Treasury Department tomorrow is expected to show the true deficit in the Bush administration's 2006 federal budget to be an astounding $3.5 trillion in the red, not $248.2 billion as previously reported.
"The Bush administration is running a federal budget deficit at an unsustainable, system-dooming pace of about $3.5 trillion a year, econometrician John Williams, who publishes the website Shadow Government ... Full Story »

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by Fabrice Florin - Dec. 14, 2006

This report is based on a single source, but provides reasonable documentation to back its points. If the evidence checks out, this would be an important development. I can't recommend this story without further proof, but let's keep an eye on this topic.

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