Federal Deficit on Townhall

• Official Lies Wed Jan 30
  Walter E. Williams
  Earlier this year, President Barack Obama warned that Social Security checks will be delayed if Congress fails to increase the government's borrowing authority by raising the debt ceiling. However, there's an issue with this warning. ... more
• Quibbling with Jindal’s Roadmap Mon Jan 28
  Dan Holler
  “I plan to say some things that may challenge your assumptions,” warned Louisiana Governor and rumored 2016 contender Bobby Jindal. “You may not agree with all of it, but that’s ok, ours is a party that can handle real discussions.” Challenge accepted, Governor. ... more
• When Big Deficits Became Good Thu Jan 10
  Victor Davis Hanson
  As a senator and presidential candidate, Barack Obama said that he detested budget deficits. In 2006, when the aggregate national debt was almost $8 trillion less than today, he blasted George W. Bush's chronic borrowing and refused to vote for upping the debt ceiling: "Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.'" ... more
• Fearing Defeat, Obama Now Says He’s Focused on Deficits and Debt Fri Oct 26
  Donald Lambro
  WASHINGTON - The latest sign President Obama fears he's headed for defeat came this week when he said he'd seek a "grand bargain" with Republicans to reduce a $16 trillion debt. ... more
• Blame Congress for the GSA Scandal Thu Apr 19
  Michael Reagan
  Who should we tar and feather for the scandalous spending spree at that General Services Administration “conference” in Nevada two years ago? Whose fault is it that a bunch of GSA bureaucrats wasted money on $44 breakfasts, a clown and a $75,000 bicycle-building exercise? Not the GSA’s bosses. Not the Obama administration. I pin the blame on Watergate and Congress. ... more
• The Overextended America Thu Mar 22
  Emmett Tyrrell
  We in America today live in a country circumscribed by entitlement policies devised by an America that steadily has been disappearing. Those policies established more than a generation ago cannot possibly, in mathematical or demographic terms, support the America of the present, much less the America of the future. That is the stark reality. ... more
• Obama's Spending Legacy: A $5.2 Trillion Deficit Monster Wed Mar 21
  Donald Lambro
  The government's monstrous budget deficits continue their meteoric rise under Barack Obama's big spending policies, further threatening America's shaky economy and future growth. ... more
• [VIDEO] Preach It, Paul Ryan: America Deserves Better Thu Mar 15
  Erika Johnsen
• Obama's Budget Deficit of Trust Wed Feb 15
  Reince Priebus
  In 2009, Obama pledged to cut the deficit in half by the end of his term. On Monday, he officially broke that promise, by unveiling a budget with the fourth consecutive deficit in excess of a trillion dollars. By the end of 2012, the national debt will exceed $16 trillion and by 2022, a whopping $25.9 trillion. ... more
• Debt Ceiling Hike Disaster Fri Jan 27
  New York, USA
  Senate approves $1.2 trillion debt ceiling hike. ... more
• Highway High Jinks Mon Nov 28
  Dan Holler
  The Golden Gate Bridge is an ironic American structure. It was finished in just four years and came in $1.3 million under budget. Earlier this month, California Senator Dianne Feinstein acknowledged that could not happen today: “…it would take a hundred years to do it with all the permits we need.” ... more
• Memo to Washington: Kick the spending habit Mon Nov 21
  Jeff Jacoby
  THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT reported last week that the national debt had surpassed $15 trillion, clocking in at precisely $15,033,607,255,920.32 as of the close of business Tuesday. ... more
• Obama administration quietly bracing for debt supercommittee failure Wed Nov 16
  Townhall.com Staff
• Obama administration quietly bracing for debt supercommittee failure Wed Nov 16
  Townhall.com Staff
• For Supercommittee, Partial Failure is an Option Tue Nov 15
  Townhall.com Staff
• For Supercommittee, Partial Failure is an Option Tue Nov 15
  Townhall.com Staff
• Romney touts fiscal plan, avoids fray on Iowa trip Mon Nov 7
  AP News
• Romney to go deep in spending cuts Fri Nov 4
  AP News
• FACT CHECK: The myths of Obamacare in GOP campaign Fri Nov 4
  AP News
• FACT CHECK: The myths of Obamacare in GOP campaign Thu Nov 3
  AP News
• Obamacare is a Liberal Soup Made of Stone Mon Oct 24
  Bob Beauprez
  The shell game accounting that was employed in March 2010 by the White House and Democrats in Congress to pretend that ObamaCare would actually reduce the federal deficit was embarrassingly transparent. ... more
• Analysis: Obama risks hurting 2012 push with economy warnings Thu Oct 20
  Reuters News
• Health overhaul law suffers first major casualty Sat Oct 15
  AP News
• Today in History Sat Oct 15
  AP News
• Obama administration pulls part of healthcare law Fri Oct 14
  Reuters News

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