AMERICAN CONSERVATISM IN 2008 AND BEYOND

White House: Budget deficit to top $1.8 trillion, 4 times 2008's record
Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Writer
On Monday May 11, 2009, 11:55 am EDT

The deficit for the current budget year will rise by $89 billion to above $1.8 trillion -- about four times the record set just last year. The unprecedented red ink flows from the deep recession, the Wall Street bailout, the cost of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus bill, as well as a structural imbalance between what the government spends and what it takes in.

As the economy performs worse than expected, the deficit for the 2010 budget year beginning in October will worsen by $87 billion to $1.3 trillion, the White House says. The deterioration reflects lower tax revenues and higher costs for bank failures, unemployment benefits and food stamps.

For the current year, the government would borrow 46 cents for every dollar it takes to run the government under the administration's plan. In one of the few positive signs, the actual 2009 deficit is likely to be $250 billion less than predicted because Congress is unlikely to provide another $250 billion in financial bailout money.

The developments come as the White House completes the official release of its $3.6 trillion budget for 2010, adding detail to some of its tax proposals and ideas for producing health care savings. The White House budget is a recommendation to Congress that represents Obama's fiscal and policy vision for the next decade.

Annual deficits would never dip below $500 billion and would total $7.1 trillion over 2010-2019. Even those dismal figures rely on economic projections that are significantly more optimistic -- just a 1.2 percent decline in gross domestic product this year and a 3.2 percent growth rate for 2010 -- than those forecast by private sector economists and the Congressional Budget Office.

More here:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/White-House-Budget-deficit-to-apf-15199183.html?.v=8

And meanwhile some of us who condemned President Bush and an irresponsible GOP Congress for their spendthrift ways...

I'd like to see "any" post by Foxie that supports this claim during all those Bush spending sprees?

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Officials of the Miss California USA pageant have strongly criticized titleholder Carrie Prejean (pray-ZHAN') but say it's not their decision whether she should be stripped of her crown.

Co-executive directors Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler told a Beverly Hills press conference Monday that only Miss USA pageant owner Donald Trump can make that decision.

The 21-year-old San Diego native created controversy during the Miss USA pageant when she said she believes marriage should only be between a man and a woman.

The state pageant has been investigating whether she violated her contract by making public appearances with groups opposed to same-sex marriage. Prejean also failed to reveal that she once posed in her underwear.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9847DB81&show_article=1

I guess you forgot the last time--on this thread--that such was asked for and I complied in some detail which I believe you and I know C.I. commented on the post. But then selective memory is so convenient. . . .

All that began to change early in the Clinton administration until it was that only liberal women are worthy of advocacy and admiration. Any woman who accuses or challenges a liberal or who professes conservative beliefs can be trashed and condemned with impunity.

The latest victim in this phenomenon has been Miss California, and the efforts to smear and discredit her have been unrelenting:

Foxfyre wrote:

All that began to change early in the Clinton administration until it was that only liberal women are worthy of advocacy and admiration. Any woman who accuses or challenges a liberal or who professes conservative beliefs can be trashed and condemned with impunity.

The latest victim in this phenomenon has been Miss California, and the efforts to smear and discredit her have been unrelenting:

Why is she allowed to express her opinion, but we are not allowed to express ours, re: her bigotry?

You seem to think that Gays should be denied marriage with impunity, but you never seem to connect that to your outrage. Funny how that works.

Cycloptichorn

Is she bigoted any more than you?

She was asked a question and she responded truthfully that she was raised to believe that marriage was between a man and a woman.

So where is your outrage and condemnation and accusations of bigotry leveled at President Obama who said the very same thing when he was asked the same question?

In a 2007 Chicago Tribune interview, Obama said, “I’m a Christian. And so, although I try not to have my religious beliefs dominate or determine my political views on this issue … my religious beliefs say that marriage is something sanctified between a man and a woman.”

You don't see a double standard at play here? You don't think you have just applied a double standard?

DEMOCRATS
Barack Obama
Opposes same-sex marriage, but also opposes a constitutional ban. Says he would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment. As stated on the Obama campaign Web site, he supports full civil unions that "give same-sex couples equal legal rights and privileges as married couples, including the right to assist their loved ones in times of emergency as well as equal health insurance, employment benefits, and property and adoption rights."

Joe Biden
Opposes same-sex marriage. Voted against a constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. Supports civil unions. Says he believes legal recognition should not be denied to same-sex couples.
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/issues/issues.samesexmarriage.html

I guess you forgot the last time--on this thread--that such was asked for and I complied in some detail which I believe you and I know C.I. commented on the post.

Then perhaps if your memory is as good as you apparently expect mine should be, you should be able to know exactly when and where you posted whatever. Perhaps you could list those compliments that you have bestowed on President George W. Bush. You'll probably need to go back however many years you've been on A2K of course. I joined in 2004 I think. I would be impressed if you provided the links. I prefaced my remark that I don't know exactly when and where I made my remarks. I just know what my opinion has pretty much consistently been.

But then selective memory is so convenient. . . .

By the time George 43 was elected, however, many of that GOP freshman class had kept their pledges to impose their own term limits and didn't run for re-election, and those coming in were not the fiscal conservatives Clinton had to work with.

And meanwhile some of us who condemned President Bush and an irresponsible GOP Congress for their spendthrift ways...

Depends on your definition of condemnation I guess. Did I use the hateful words that liberals often use? No. But I don't use those words in my criticism of Obama or his administration either. You won't find anywhere on A2K that I have defended President Bush or anybody else on irresponsible spending.