Politics 101
Apparently, if I want you to be happy eating dirt, all I have to do is convince you that you would have had to eat shit before that. The Paper of Making Up The Record:
The White House projected on Friday that the budget deficit would reach $445 billion in this fiscal year.
That would make it by far the largest shortfall ever in the dollar amount, though it would be well below the record for a deficit as a percentage of the gross domestic product and well below the amount forecast six months ago.
August 1st, 2004 at 10:37 am
That made me chuckle. 🙂
August 1st, 2004 at 8:20 pm
Largest in dollar amount, but not largest as a percentage of GDP (which takes into account inflation and economic growth).
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=1821&sequence=0#table2
August 1st, 2004 at 10:15 pm
Apparently, if I want you to be happy eating dirt, all I have to do is convince you that you would have had to eat shit before that.
I don’t get it, whats wrong with the excerpt?
August 2nd, 2004 at 2:25 am
Because it’s less than projected.