CBS Upset Dem Congress 'Paralyzed' Over 'Fear of the Deficit'

[red states rule]

Amazing how the liberal media is no longer worried over deficits like they were during the Bush years


http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6646644n&tag=contentMain;contentBody

[Sweetchuck]

That is the hypocrisy that is our news media, and right-wing media is just as guilty.

There is too much bias in the media. Values in reporting standards are gone and if BO sinks his fangs into the media like he's trying to do with the internet (and the Fairness Doctrine is due to rear it's ugly head), we're all fucked.

China will have a more unbiased media.

[red states rule]

That is the hypocrisy that is our news media, and right-wing media is just as guilty.

There is too much bias in the media. Values in reporting standards are gone and if BO sinks his fangs into the media like he's trying to do with the internet (and the Fairness Doctrine is due to rear it's ugly head), we're all fucked.

China will have a more unbiased media.

Here is the liberal media's "report" on Bush's last budget




WASHINGTON — In the nation's first-ever $3 trillion budget proposal, President Bush seeks to seal his legacy of promoting a strong defense to fight terrorism and tax cuts to spur the economy. Democrats, who control Congress, are pledging fierce opposition to Bush's final spending plan — perhaps even until the next president takes office.

The 2009 spending plan sent to Congress on Monday will project huge budget deficits, around $400 billion for this year and next and more than double the 2007 deficit of $163 billion. But even those estimates could prove too low given the rapidly weakening economy and the total costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which Bush does not include in his request for the budget year beginning Oct. 1.

Last year, when Democrats were newly in the majority, there were drawn-out veto struggles. This year's fights could be worse because it is an election year.

The $3 trillion Bush's proposes spending in 2009 would be the first time that milestone has been reached. Bush also presided over the first budget to hit $2 trillion, in 2002. It took the government nearly 200 years to reach the first $1 trillion budget, which occurred in 1987 during the Reagan administration.

As in past years, Bush's biggest proposed increases are in national security. Defense spending is projected to rise by about 7 percent to $515 billion and homeland security money by almost 11 percent, with a big gain for border security. Details on the budget were obtained through interviews with administration officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity until the budget's release.

The bulk of government programs for which Congress sets annual spending levels would remain essentially frozen at current levels. The president does shower extra money on some favored programs in education and to bolster inspections of imported food.

Bush's spending proposal would achieve sizable savings by slowing the growth in the major health programs — Medicare for retirees and Medicaid for the poor. There the president will be asking for almost $200 billion in cuts over five years, about three times the savings he proposed last year.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22981657/

[Sweetchuck]

Should be easy to report on the upcoming budget - there's isn't one.

[red states rule]

Should be easy to report on the upcoming budget - there's isn't one.

Sure it is. The liberal media is ignoring what Dems have done to keep their insane spending from the voters

[Little-Acorn]

Should be easy to report on the upcoming budget - there's isn't one.

But the Dems have "deemed" it as "Passed" anyway.

Can you even "deem as passed" something, if it doesn't even exist?

[red states rule]

But the Dems have "deemed" it as "Passed" anyway.

Can you even "deem as passed" something, if it doesn't even exist?

It does exist - them "deem" it so