CBO: Boehner-Obama budget deal only cut 300 million (0.3 billion) not 38 billion.

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Congressional budget office


CBO: Budget deal cuts this fiscal year’s deficit by just $353 million, not $38 billion touted (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/cbo-budget-deal-cuts-this-fiscal-years-deficit-by-just-353-million-not-38-billion-touted/2011/04/13/AFFJnkWD_story.html)

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AricPhilip Klein’s headline about itl: “Conservative should no longer be happy about budget deal.” (http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/04/conservatives-should-no-longer-be-happy-about-budget-deal)

[Sola_Fide]

So only 353 million off of the proposed increase? Wow.

Great job Republicans!

[sailingaway]

Lol!

[Agorism]

To put this in perspective, the U.S. government is currently adding about 300 million to the deficit every 2 hours.

[TheNcredibleEgg]

To put this in perspective, the U.S. government is currently adding about 300 million to the deficit every 2 hours.

Well, think positive.

The budget deal allows Bernanke to take a nice, two hour long afternoon nap now.

[eduardo89]

I wonder if the media will even bother reporting on this. Probably not, because cutting even $1 is DRACONIAN!

[HOLLYWOOD]

Rand and/or Ron putting together a rebuttal to this "Slide of Hand" budget cutting mirror game?

Sounds like another Top Center post for Matt Drudge.

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