We knew this already. At least those of us who live and function in reality knew this already. The CBO has declared that the president's federal budget is a total bust and if he continues with his massive spending programs, he will sentence America to economic doom. Well, he didn't say it exactly those words, but those are the emanations:
Under current law, the federal budget is on an unsustainable path, because federal debt will continue to grow much faster than the economy over the long run. Although great uncertainty surrounds long-term fiscal projections, rising costs for health care and the aging of the population will cause federal spending to increase rapidly under any plausible scenario for current law. Unless revenues increase just as rapidly, the rise in spending will produce growing budget deficits. Large budget deficits would reduce national saving, leading to more borrowing from abroad and less domestic investment, which in turn would depress economic growth in the United States. Over time, accumulating debt would cause substantial harm to the economy.
The director then included a chart to show the trajectory we are on:

Power Line has this easier to read chart up on its site:

This is the CBO's explanation of the chart:
Keeping deficits and debt from reaching these levels would require increasing revenues significantly as a share of GDP, decreasing projected spending sharply, or some combination of the two.
That is CBO-speak for we would have to raise taxes to shockingly high levels or cut spending to shockingly low levels or a combination of the two.
And this little nugget will make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside:
CBO projects that if current laws do not change, federal spending on Medicare and Medicaid combined will grow from roughly 5 percent of GDP today to almost 10 percent by 2035. By 2080, the government would be spending almost as much, as a share of the economy, on just its two major health care programs as it has spent on all of its programs and services in recent years.
And Obama and his leftist allies in Congress want to pile government run health care on top of this.
It's funny how leftists' Utopian ideals and reality violently collide to create one nasty mess. It's going to be a long 3 1/2 years.



Comments (6)
Nice of the CBO to finally ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Mycroft | July 16, 2009 11:45 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Nice of the CBO to finally come out and tell us about the Elephant in the room.
1. Posted by Mycroft | July 16, 2009 11:45 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on July 16, 2009 23:45
2. Posted by MichaelC | July 17, 2009 12:16 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Did you say that we had three and a half years to go ! ? Crap, it already feels like this guy has spent his way into a second term. It has been a helluva long 7 months.
2. Posted by MichaelC | July 17, 2009 12:16 AM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on July 17, 2009 00:16
3. Posted by GarandFan | July 17, 2009 12:19 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Had to turn off CSPAN. Madame Defarge was trying to sell the MSM on how 'excited' she was to be passing health care legislation that would 'curb costs' and 'make health care affordable'. Watching her spin about "income streams" (AKA higher taxes), that probably would not be needed and that would be diverted to reducing the national debt, and continually "squeezing" health care costs downwards. When the CBO estimate was mentioned..........she glossed right over it as 'not relevant' to what legislators were going to pass.
3. Posted by GarandFan | July 17, 2009 12:19 AM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on July 17, 2009 00:19
4. Posted by mag | July 17, 2009 7:03 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
All part of obama and company's plan to ruin this country. Others might laugh at this, but the proof is there. It is not just this administration alone...it has been going on for over 50 years.
Over the years they have been programming us to think that government owes us everything and that one part of the population has to pay for the other part. Rome all over again...just give the people bread and circus..and the igorant will be happy and clueless. How clever.
Republicans are weak and stupid and Democrats to me are just plan evil.
4. Posted by mag | July 17, 2009 7:03 AM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on July 17, 2009 07:03
5. Posted by The Big O! | July 17, 2009 1:12 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
More racist numbers from the neocon shills at the CBO.
5. Posted by The Big O! | July 17, 2009 1:12 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on July 17, 2009 13:12
6. Posted by Trajan | July 17, 2009 8:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Stop raining on Obama's parade. He's too big
to fail. Disagreement with his program is
blatant racism. I have to stop now and turn
on MSNBC. Time to get the real skinny.....
there's Keith now........see ya...
6. Posted by Trajan | July 17, 2009 8:22 PM |
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Posted on July 17, 2009 20:22