Making some sense of budget numbers
Thursday, February 9, 2006
President Bush sent Congress a new $2.77 trillion budget this week and to be real honest, I'm not even sure how many zeros are in a trillion. The budget is heavy on defense, as would be expected in a time of war. But to address a soaring deficit, Bush also proposes to cut the rate of spending on a host of domestic programs from farm subsidies to Medicare.