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Turning Around Bush’s Budget Legacy of Deficits, Debt, and Economic Decline

 

Inherits Deep Deficits — When President Bush took office in 2001, he inherited a ten-year budget surplus projected to be $5.6 trillion. That surplus represented an historic opportunity to address some of the major issues facing our country, including preparing for the needs of the retiring baby-boom generation. But that opportunity was squandered over the last eight years, leaving the new Administration with the worst budget deficit in history for 2009.

 

Source:  Democratic Caucus - House Budget Committee – February 27, 2009

 

New CBO Surplus Estimates: Less Than Meets the Eye

Finally, these ($5.6 trillion surplus) projections are highly uncertain—particularly for the years farthest in the future. We have been lucky in recent years to see budget estimates unexpectedly turn in our favor. They could just as easily turn against us. 

Source:  Democratic Caucus - House Budget Committee – January 31, 2001

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