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The CNBC intro proclaims that their star "reporter", Maria Baritoromo, is at the White House, about to intervew (celebrate ?i??) Bush's claim that his admin. has reduced deficit spending, "DOWN" to just $160 billion per year....

I'm betting that Maria won't ask Bush, "Mr. President, given that, just before your took office in 2001, the total increase in US Treasury debt in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2000, was just $18 billion....how are you able to make a sincere claim to the American people, that you have reigned in deficit spending, when the actual Treasury debt has increased over $500 billion, in less than the last 12 months?

I think that

she won't ask click to show

10-11-2007, 11:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
host Banned	CNBC Announces Maria's Puff Interview of Resident Bush The CNBC intro proclaims that their star "reporter", Maria Baritoromo, is at the White House, about to intervew (celebrate ?i??) Bush's claim that his admin. has reduced deficit spending, "DOWN" to just $160 billion per year.... I'm betting that Maria won't ask Bush, "Mr. President, given that, just before your took office in 2001, the total increase in US Treasury debt in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2000, was just $18 billion....how are you able to make a sincere claim to the American people, that you have reigned in deficit spending, when the actual Treasury debt has increased over $500 billion, in less than the last 12 months? I think that she won't ask click to show this question because GE and it's NBC and CNBC networks, and all of the other corporate owned media, support Bush, and are not of a "liberal bias"....otherwise an $18 billion annual debt increase before Bush took office, and a $540 billion deficit, now....could not possibly be spun as a "reduction".....and what do you think? CNBC mentioned that Bush will tout his reduction of federal budget deficit "down" to #160 billion. A "real" journalist would ask Bush why US treasury deficit continues to increase over $500 billion per year, vs. just $18 billion, just months before Bush took office: 10/09/2007 9,054,144,650,970.07 ($548 billion deficit increase in 11 months) 09/30/2006 8,506,973,899,215.23 09/30/2005 7,932,709,661,723.50 09/30/2004 7,379,052,696,330.32 09/30/2003 6,783,231,062,743.62 09/30/2002 6,228,235,965,597.16 09/30/2001 5,807,463,412,200.06 GHW Bush Takes office.. 09/30/2000 5,674,178,209,886.86 Debt growth just $18 bln 09/30/1999 5,656,270,901,615.43 09/30/1998 5,526,193,008,897.62 09/30/1997 5,413,146,011,397.34 09/30/1996 5,224,810,939,135.73 09/29/1995 4,973,982,900,709.39 09/30/1994 4,692,749,910,013.32 09/30/1993 4,411,488,883,139.38 Clinton Takes office 09/30/1992 4,064,620,655,521.66 09/30/1991 3,665,303,351,697.03 09/28/1990 3,233,313,451,777.25 09/29/1989 2,857,430,960,187.32 GHWB takes office... 09/30/1988 2,602,337,712,041.16 09/30/1987 2,350,276,890,953.00 09/30/1986 2,125,302,616,658.42 09/30/1985 * 1,823,103,000,000.00 09/30/1984 * 1,572,266,000,000.00 09/30/1983 * 1,377,210,000,000.00 09/30/1982 * 1,142,034,000,000.00 09/30/1981 * 997,855,000,000.00 Reagan takes office.... 09/30/1980 * 907,701,000,000.00 09/30/1979 * 826,519,000,000.00 09/30/1978 * 771,544,000,000.00 09/30/1977 * 698,840,000,000.00 06/30/1976 * 620,433,000,000.00 ...Bush simply hides the true budget deficit via off budget, supplemental appropriations, as he runs the debt up $3.3 trillion......