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 Mike LaBonte - Dec. 14, 2006

As a former ShadowStats subscriber I can say that John Williams bases his work on solid data, although I had to work hard to understand it. This article explains the matter more clearly that Williams tends to, although with a bit of sensationalism. Pretty much single source, with only minor information from the U.S. Treasury.

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