Hey Drudge: Bush/GOP Bounce Check to tune of 521 Billion

http://www.quicken.com/investments/news_center/story/?story=NewsStory/dowJones/20040413/ON200404131934000974.var&column=P0DFP

WASHINGTON -- The federal government ran a monthly budget deficit of $72.70 billion in March, as the U.S. budget deficit climbed to nearly $300 billion for the first half of the fiscal year.

The March budget figures, released Tuesday, show that this year's deficit remains on track to surpass last year's record $374 billion shortfall. For the first six months of fiscal 2004, which began in October, the budget deficit was $299.47 billion. This compares with a deficit of $253.12 billion at the same point in fiscal 2003.

The March budget figures were broadly in line with Congressional Budget Office forecasts. CBO had predicted a $70 billion deficit for last month and a $297 billion deficit for the first half of the fiscal year. The February budget deficit was unrevised at $96.71 billion, Treasury said. A year ago, in March 2003, the government tallied a $58.89 billion deficit for the month

The administration's official forecast calls for a budget deficit of about $ 521 billion in fiscal 2004. But some private-sector forecasts say the government probably won't rack up that much red ink.

along with a note that his 10th anniversary cowboy-hat-and-sunglasses photo looked much cuter than the old fedora pose.

But I wonder if anthing any DU'er ever dumped into his submit box ever got posted.

about 1 in 10 of mine get posted, but I'm not sure if I'm his enlightener.

I'm sure that at least two of mine were unique and he wouldn't have discovered them otherwise.

It would be interesting to set him up so he totally makes a fool of himself, but that's probably be tried.