deficit on HotAir

May 2017

CBO: New version of AHCA still reduces deficit

Ed Morrissey May 24, 2017 7:41 PM

Good news/bad news.

What? House GOP hasn’t sent health-care bill to the Senate, may need to vote again

Allahpundit May 18, 2017 6:41 PM

What?

Apr 2017

Mnuchin: Trump tax plan aims to boost middle class, but … no guarantees yet?

Ed Morrissey Apr 27, 2017 4:41 PM

“Jobs, jobs, jobs.”

Mar 2017

Wow: Two new polls show massive majorities favor new infrastructure spending

Allahpundit Mar 08, 2017 10:31 PM

Rebuilding.

Dec 2016

Jared Kushner: Trump is closer to Chuck Schumer’s vision of the coming infrastructure bill than Mitch McConnell’s

Allahpundit Dec 16, 2016 8:01 PM

Allies.

Oct 2016

Was anyone else shocked when the deficit was actually mentioned in the debate?

Jazz Shaw Oct 20, 2016 4:01 PM

Refreshing, if ultimately futile

May 2016

Bernie Sanders plan would raise taxes $15 trillion, add $18 trillion to debt

John Sexton May 09, 2016 7:31 PM

“…the negative macroeconomic effects of the plan could be severe.”

Apr 2016

Has Kansas given up on tax cuts?

Jazz Shaw Apr 20, 2016 8:01 AM

Running on empty

Sep 2015

Boehner: “False prophets” in GOP are “spreading noise” on what government can do

Taylor Millard Sep 27, 2015 6:31 PM

Cry me a river.

May 2015

Harvard, Dartmouth: Social Security forecasts have been too optimistic — and increasingly biased

Ed Morrissey May 09, 2015 4:01 PM

Means testing, or privatization?

Feb 2015

Obama’s student-loan program $22 billion in the hole for FY2015

Ed Morrissey Feb 05, 2015 8:41 AM

“That’s a big quasi-bailout.”

Jan 2015

CBO: 10 million will lose employer-based coverage under ObamaCare by 2021

Ed Morrissey Jan 28, 2015 7:21 PM

Budget buster, too.

Sep 2014

Obama: We’re better off, even if you aren’t smart enough to “feel it”

Ed Morrissey Sep 29, 2014 10:01 AM

“You think you can sell this.”

Aug 2014

CBO revises estimate, warns U.S. economic growth will underwhelm in 2014

Noah Rothman Aug 27, 2014 4:01 PM

Mixed bag.

May 2014

“Fundamental Imbalance”: The GAO’s visualization of our long-term budget crisis

Kevin Glass May 14, 2014 3:21 PM

Tidal wave of red ink.

Mar 2014

Federal tax revenues for the first 5 months of FY2014, $1.104 trillion, hit an inflation-adjusted record

Steve Eggleston Mar 17, 2014 8:01 PM

Deficit of $377 billion higher than any pre-Obama deficit

Feb 2014

CBO: Actually, ObamaCare is kinda’ like a tax, and it’s going to result in 2 million fewer workers by 2017

Erika Johnsen Feb 04, 2014 12:41 PM

Gee, whiz.

Jan 2014

WSJ/NBC pre-SOTU poll puts Obama approval at 43%

Ed Morrissey Jan 28, 2014 12:41 PM

Talking Greek.

Nov 2013

The 2013 federal deficit was “only” $680 billion

Steve Eggleston Nov 06, 2013 2:41 PM

Fifth-highest deficit in history

Oct 2013

Did Rubio gain anything by supporting the “defund” effort?

Allahpundit Oct 17, 2013 4:01 PM

Branding.