>The $500 Billion is just the budget deficit for that budget which is for fiscal year 2005 that begins October 1st of this year. Each budget deficit contributes to the overall accrued debt or National Debt which continues to spiral.
It seems like it was only a few months ago that they were talking about a huge
surplus. Was it the war that changed this?
Do you have approximate figures for the accumulated deficit?
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