Going into discussions about the Republican-proposed America in Retreat Budget Act, I wonder about updates on facts and visuals.
Back in 2009, we had these informative charts, below — are there good updates on them, now?
How Trillion Dollar Deficits Were Created:
Graphic from the New York Times, June 10, 2006 accompanying an article by David Leonhardt
George W. Bush’s Legacy in a Pie Chart:
Sources of our Federal Deficits, 2009 – Matthew Yglesias, ThinkProgress
Got updates?
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Posted by Ed Darrell
This probably deserves a longer, more thought-out post.
Maybe later.
Right now I just want to get this off my chest:
I do not believe, as the Republican budget insists, that America is no longer a great nation, that our greatest days are long past, and that America needs to hunker down and join the Second- or Third-World. I do not believe that America can afford to give up leadership in foreign affairs, nor leadership in education. I do not believe God will step in to save us from our own stupidity. America is an exceptional place because people chose to act, to make the things that make a great nation.
I believe we need to answer when the certain trumpets blow, and they are sounding now. I do not believe the full-scale retreat proposed by the Republican budget is the proper, best, nor American response.
Back to regular programming now.
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