Comments for Does Dana Milbank Ever Notice the Unemployment Rate? at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.cepr.net Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:46:50 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/does-dana-milbank-ever-notice-the-unemployment-rate#comment-22100 CBO, that crew and their projections are on par with Mitt Romeney's election forecast team. “Back in 2001 the CBO forecast total 2011 public debt would be negative $2.4 trillion; instead the real number was positive $10.4 trillion, a delta of only $12.8 trillion. We also won't spend much time on the just released CBO headline grabbing projection that the 2013 budget deficit will be under $1 trillion, or $845 billion to be precise. Instead we will show the progression of the CBO's baseline forecasts for the period 2012 and onward. We will also note that the now-forecast 2013 budget deficit of $845 billion was supposed to be a deficit of just $585 billion one short year ago, a token 40%+ error rate, but in the immortal words of Hillary Clinton: "who cares." http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-02-05/cbo-releases-latest-budget-forecast-hilarity-ensues - phil m Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:00:13 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/does-dana-milbank-ever-notice-the-unemployment-rate#comment-22096 Thanks for including the little nugget, [quote][The] CBO's projections for Medicare costs have actually fallen by more than the cuts originally advocated by Bowles and Simpson[/quote]. That fact should be thrown in the face of anyone citing Simpson, Bowles, or the other Medicare cutting cabal. "Look, there's not need to make cuts, they've already been made!" - David M Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:43:18 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/does-dana-milbank-ever-notice-the-unemployment-rate#comment-22094 Dunno, Dana . . . looks to me like the deficit is shrinking. . . http://research.stlouisfed.org/fredgraph.png?g=fLv - RZ0 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:10:34 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/does-dana-milbank-ever-notice-the-unemployment-rate#comment-22093 Dean, the post starts with a sentence fragment. I think you meant to write something like "must be wondering" after Simpson. - George Lantos Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:09:47 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/does-dana-milbank-ever-notice-the-unemployment-rate#comment-22092 Well said; yet, Milbank will continue to appear on MSNBC as an expert to showcase his vast knowledge of current events and major affairs affecting all of us. - James Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:11:06 +0100