Our deficit is not the highest it's EVER BEEN IN HISTORY... when was the second highest deficit? When BUSH SR. was in office.... go figure! Two articles here.. the first about the deficite.. the second of Bushes Mom visiting the White House and Bush being pussywhipped by here.. and what is her statement you ask "Barbara Bush Calls Democrat Line-Up a 'Sorry Group'" You would think she'd be talking about her own son!! The HIGHEST deficite in HISTORY!!!
Oct 20, 2:03 PM (ET)
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal budget deficit hit a record $374.2 billion in 2003, the administration reported Monday, as the costs of the war in Iraq, a new round of tax cuts and economic weakness pushed the government's red ink to the highest level in history.
Providing a final accounting of the budget year that ended Sept. 30, the administration said that the 2003 deficit was more than double last year's imbalance of $157.8 billion.
In dollar terms, the 2003 figure easily surpassed the old record of $290.4 billion set in 1992 when President Bush's father was president.
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Barbara Bush Calls Democrat Line-Up a 'Sorry Group'
Mon October 20, 2003 10:15 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former first lady Barbara Bush and mother of President Bush described Democrats trying to unseat her son in the White House as a "sorry group" of politicians.
"So far, they are a pretty sorry group if you want to know my opinion," said Mrs. Bush in an interview aired on Monday by NBC's "Today" show, when asked about the Democratic line-up for the 2004 presidential election.
"This is the world according to Barbara Bush, not George, not George H.W., not anybody" she added.
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