Even with the improving economic outlook, administration officials said, the federal budget deficit in the current fiscal year is likely to exceed last year's deficit of $374 billion, the largest on record. The Congressional Budget Office and the White House budget office have projected a deficit of more than $450 billion this year.

BUSH'S BUDGET
Robert Pear, The New York Times


4 January 2004
Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo

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From the Dept. of the Interior Website: "How long would it take to count to one billion? Try it! Start counting one number a second without stopping until you reach a billion. You will be able to stop in 31 years, 259 days, 1 hour, 46 minutes, and 40 seconds!"

Now multiply that number by 450.

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