This is due by part in increasing unemployment and rising inflation rates across the country causing a cyclical deficit. The cyclical deficit only reflects the impact that the business cycle or macro economy have on the federal revenues. We can use the structural deficit to show us what effect the fiscal policy decisions will have on our economy. Government can then decide after adding the cyclical balance and the structural balance together what the total budget balance must be. Then they can enact the fiscal policy levers need

The Deficit is not really as big of a problem as it may seem. Paying it back is what a lot of people are worried about. But the deficit can be settled by using sound economic policy and the burden of the debt is the opportunity cost of deficit-financed activity. Our debt gives way to new improvements and can only be seen as a bad thing when looking to repay all of it. The deficit has always seemed like a problem to me but now as an educated person on the subject I feel that the deficit is not as bad as everyone says. I will however dispute President Bush's tax cut and hope that an economic stimulus package is used in the future to get this economy out of the rut. Hopefully our $159 billion dollar deficit that he is racking up can move to a surplus with the next President. Go Dean!

The issuing of a bond is actually a good business move. When the U.S. Treasury borrows money it has to issue bonds. The bonds are a liability because it must be paid back but at the same time it is an asset to the people that hold the bond. "Therefore, national debt creates as much wealth (for the bondholders) as liabilities (for the U.S. Treasury) (pg. 249-250 Macro book). Showing that neither money nor any form of wealth disappears when the government borrows money. This is a point that suggests that our national deficit is not as big a problem as we think. What about our president's use of a tax cutting policy? Does that really help or does it hurt the economy?

When instating a tax cut the effects are generally short-term because the taxes can only be cut so much. The govern

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