united_states_hits_debt_limit_usd_'7_4'_trillion 14 Oct 2004 1 hour, 29 minutes ago 041014 ... U.S. The federal government reached its $7.4 trillion debt ceiling yesterday, http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/washpost/a32985_2004oct14&e=3 forcing Treasury Secretary John W. Snow to delay contributing to one of the federal employees' pension systems to avoid running out of cash and possibly defaulting on government debt. 041014 ... An "amazing" newslink Since 2002, Congress has raised the borrowing limit by more than $1.4 trillion, as the government ("led by President Bush") ran increasingly large deficits of $158 billion in 2002, $375 billion in 2003 and $413 billion for fiscal 2004, which ended in September. 041014 ... a "point" The sanity deficit The blind versus the blurry http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6254868/ 2:06 p.m. ET Oct. 15, 2004 "The nation’s deficit has grown by over $2 trillion since George Bush took office, and now totals well over $7 trillion. Worse, the Bush administration and the Republican congressional leadership have known they were going to have to raise the debt ceiling for months prior to Wednesday’s debate. Treasury Secretary John Snow asked them to raise the limit back in August – but President Bush and the Republican leadership were hoping they could wait until after the election and avoid calling attention to our nation’s fiscal woes under their policies prior to Americans going to the polls on Nov. 2nd. That's fiscal sanity? 041016 ... WMD OOps... A M_species of "Weapon_of_Msss_Deception". Tell One... 041016 ... why Not Why_NOT "Weapon_of_mass_deception"... And_I_will_tell_you_how_wonder_you_are... 041016 what's it to you? who go blather from