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Mix-Ansicht- Weihnachtsgeschenk an die Nation: SCHULDEN..... - Tofir, 25.12.2002, 17:16
- übrigens noch Danke an goldenbear vom W/O Goldboard für die Meldung (owT) - Tofir, 25.12.2002, 17:18
Weihnachtsgeschenk an die Nation: SCHULDEN.....
-->Wirklich überraschend an dieser Meldung der NYT von heute ist allerdings nur das Timing. Ausgerechnet am 24.12. wird der Kongress um Anhebung des Schuldendeckels gebeten.
Nun, die letzte Anhebung um schlappe 450.000.000.000 US-Dollar ist ja auch schon fast ein halbes Jährchen her! Da muss man natürlich die 6.400.000.000.000 USD bisherige Decke der Ã-FFENLICHEN Schulden der USA (man nehme das ca. mal Faktor 5 um die GESAMTE Verschuldung der USA zu erhalten) nun bereits wieder um ein paar Hundert Milliarden anheben.
Merry X-mas, Mr. Bush! Willkommen in der Weimarer Republik von 1923! Haben Sie Ihrer Gemahling wenigstens ein paar Gold-Eagles geschenkt?
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/25/business/25TREA.html?todaysheadlines
Bush Seeks Increase in National Debt Limit
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 — The Bush administration asked Congress today to approve another increase in the limit on national debt, saying it will run out of the authority to borrow money by late February.
The deputy Treasury secretary, Kenneth W. Dam, in a letter to the House speaker, J. Dennis Hastert, cited the cost of combating terrorism and the economic slowdown for the government`s growing indebtedness.
The federal government, which enjoyed a budget surplus ( ) as recently as two years ago, had a shortfall of $157 billion this year and is expected to have a larger one in 2003.
Congress raised the government`s debt limit in July by $450 billion, to a total of $6.4 trillion, but administration officials predicted even then that they would need to raise the limit again by some time next year.
Though today`s announcement was no surprise, it highlighted the sharp deterioration in the government`s financial condition and provided fresh ammunition for Democratic lawmakers who want to thwart President Bush`s plan to push additional tax cuts through Congress early next year.
Mr. Dam said the government`s debt had been swollen by needs for the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, the costs of fighting terrorism and the economic slowdown.
But he made only oblique reference to the contribution made by the tax cuts that Mr. Bush pushed through last year, referring to the cost of"restoring economic performance."
Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota and the senior Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee, seized on today`s request to denounce Mr. Bush`s campaign to make permanent last year`s tax cuts.
"By raising the debt ceiling to pay for the president`s tax cuts and his other spending, the Bush administration is wanting our children and grandchildren to pay our bills," Mr. Conrad said in a statement.
Treasury officials would not say how much they want to increase the debt ceiling, which will be subject to negotiation with Congressional leaders as the deadline approaches.
The negotiations will have to take place at the same time that Mr. Bush will be campaigning for his next package of tax cuts aimed at stimulating the economy. Mr. Bush is expected to outline his package either in or before his State of the Union address in late January. Many people expect him to call for measures costing as much as $300 billion over 10 years.
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