Rachel Maddow: Shrinking U.S. Budget Deficit Foils GOP Talking Point

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1. I'm just a wee bit confused....yet.

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IF our $17 trillion debt is still growing...or seems to be growing by $606 billion, instead of the $642 billion previously forcaste....is that really a "shrinking debt"? I mean, it's still a growing debt, but not growing as fast as previously expected.

What am I missing here?...or am I missing anything? What Rachel says seems "part true", and "part illusion". I think of the phrase, "It's on sale, so you're actually 'saving money'..." which in fact, you are not. You are still spending money, but spending less.

If I understand this correctly, then I think Rachel is misleading her minions. This frustrates the hell out of me. I hate it when the reich wingers lie and distort reality; but I am doubly infuriated when the progressive voices are also deceiving the public with their "double speak", or "shell game", or whatever you want to call it.

When we can actually say we are shrinking the $17 trillion debt this country has accumulated, THEN, I would say we are actually shrinking the debt. Until then, our national debt is still growing.

Straighten me out if I'm missing something, please.