Yesterday when the BLS reported that unemployment had dropped below 8% for the first time in 43 months, the overwhelming reaction to this clearly good news from those on the Right was It Can't Possibly Be True.

Of course we shouldn't be all that surprised by this Oh-say-it-isn't-SO! reaction by those on the right because not that long ago they were claiming all the Polls were "Skewed" in favor of Democrats. So why wouldn't they believe that the Job Number are "Skewed" too?

They're already living in a non-factual imaginary world of perpetual grievance, why not one more thing to complain about when the world doesn't fit your looking glass?

I suspect when (or if) this news about the deficit gets out (I didn't see someone else report it, I just happened to visit the CBO site myself this morning and found it), it will be vigorously denied by the Righties. In fact, I Guarantee that it will because while live tweeting the debate I pointed out that Romney was Lying when he said the President Obama had "doubled the deficit" and noted that the deficit had already been going down when I got this response.



#Obama did NOT Double the Deficit - it's actually come Down since Bush left Office #Debate2012 — Vyan (@Vyan1) October 4, 2012 Just go look at the numbers Bush 2009: $1,413 billion, Obama 2010 FY $1,293 billion, FY 2013*: $901 billion @odepotmike usgovernmentspending.com/federal_defici… — Vyan (@Vyan1) October 4, 2012



What I found from the CBO today is actually an improvement over what I posted above.

The MSM doesn't usually post every little report from the CBO - but this one should be pretty easy to do. It's pretty straight-forward and understandable, and not all that "wonky". Particularly when the reason is because - the economy is improving.



Total Receipts Were Up by 6 Percent in Fiscal Year 2012 Receipts in fiscal year 2012 totaled $2.5 trillion, $148 billion more than those in the same period last year. Compared with collections in fiscal year 2011: . Net receipts from corporate income taxes grew by $61 billion (or 34 percent), largely because of changes in tax rules in recent years.

. Individual income tax receipts grew by $37 billion (or 3 percent), as wages and salaries grew modestly, pushing up withheld tax payments; nonwitheld tax payments rose as well.

. Receipts from social insurance taxes rose by $32 billion (or 4 percent), reflecting greater withholding for payroll taxes and an increase in unemployment insurance taxes as states continued to replenish trust funds that were depleted by the recession.

. Receipts from other sources increased, on net, by about $18 billion (or 9 percent). Outlays Were Down by 1.6 Percent in Fiscal Year 2012 Outlays in fiscal year 2012 totaled $3.5 trillion, $59 billion (or 1.6 percent) less than spending in the same period last year. Excluding adjustments recorded in the budget for the estimated cost of credit programs (mainly the Troubled Asset Relief Program), however, the government’s outlays decreased by 2 percent relative to spending in 2011. By CBO's estimates, outlays decreased for several major categories of spending: . Medicaid—Outlays fell by $24 billion (or 9 percent) because legislated increases in the federal share of the program’s costs expired in July 2011.

. Unemployment benefits—Spending dropped by $30 billion (or 24 percent), mostly because fewer people have been receiving benefits in recent months.

. Defense—Outlays fell by $19 billion (or 3 percent), after adjusting for timing shifts, in part because of lower spending for military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

. Education programs—Net outlays were lower by $29 billion (or 30 percent), excluding changes recorded in the budget for the estimated cost of student loans. That decline has occurred largely because of waning spending from funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. (Most of that spending occurred before 2012.)

So Jobs and the Economy is Up, the Stimulus is Down. Result? The Deficit is down even more than CBO expected it to be. Their current projection for 2013 is that the deficit will be just $641 Billion (Otherwise known as the "Half" that President Obama promised it to be by the end of his first term, although that assumes the current law continues to take effect which includes the complete ending of all the Bush Tax cuts, the Payroll Tax Cuts and Drastic Sequestration)

If this gets Reported: I'm certain the whining, denials, and conspiracy theories will be starting in 3...2...1....

Vyan

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