it is BEYOND me

how anyone can even think in their wildest dreams of voting republican in the upcoming election.

no osama (it has turned into oj looking for 'nicole's murderer'), 4,155 of our men and women dead FOR NO REASON in iraq (i believe that is considered MASS MURDER), no help for victims of natural disaster such as katrina (you see how fast king george got his ass down to the latest almost-hurricane? too little too late), global warming, creationism, church mixing with state all the time, women's rights threatened, endangered species taken off of protection lists, inadequate health care, inadequate insurance, inadequate education, homelessness, inaction and insanity

and why would ANYONE vote for four MORE years of this? 'splain it to me please

Federal Shortfall To Double This Year

Next President To Inherit Deficit Of $500 Billion

By Lori Montgomery

Washington Post Staff Writer

A weak economy and a sharp increase in government spending will drive the federal budget deficit to a near-record $407 billion when the budget year ends later this month, and the next president is likely to face a shortfall in January of well over $500 billion, congressional budget analysts said yesterday.

A deficit of that magnitude could severely constrain the next administration's agenda, regardless of whether Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), the Republican candidate, or Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), his Democratic opponent, wins in November. Each has promised billions in new tax cuts or new spending. The expanding deficit also will increase the national debt and could impair future economic growth, particularly if lawmakers are forced to pay down that debt by raising taxes.

This year's deficit will be more than double last year's $161 billion, and it will rise from 1.2 percent of the gross domestic product to nearly 3 percent. If the next president extends some or all of President Bush's signature tax cuts, as both candidates have promised, annual deficits could balloon to as much as 5 percent of the economy, rivaling the dark fiscal days of the early-1990s and those of the Reagan administration, said Peter Orszag, director of the Congressional Budget Office........