Deficit update
This story came out a couple of days ago, estimating a 1.47 trillion deficit for 2010, and a 1.42 trillion deficit for 2011. 2010 is described as "better than the administration predicted in February."
Well, there's a reason for that. The administration has been steadily ramping up its deficit prediction all year, trying to keep ahead of the curve.
Here's an article on the 2010 State of the Union speech. It was accompanied with a link to the graphic below:
I tweaked the graph to add the current numbers:
(picture no. 211 from the old board's gallery, not restored)
So, how's it going so far?