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If you have better numbers, feel free. At least I'm posting numbers. I think it looks close to our current situation.

I'm not sure I need to. From the looks of that chart it projected a deficit of (roughly) $415 billion for FY2005. From the article, it now looks like the annual deficit will be $350 billion. That's a $65 billion difference between reality and what that chart is showing.

What it shows is that the chart accurately reflects what the CBO estimated. We now know it is (so far this year) off a bit. But the chart was meant to show the overall direction, because a poster said that, not the real numbers, is what matters. We are not going in the right direction.

From the looks of that chart it projected a deficit of (roughly) $415 billion for FY2005. From the article, it now looks like the annual deficit will be $350 billion. That's a $65 billion difference between reality and what that chart is showing.

Here are the debt figures from the Bureau of Public Debt:

08/01/2005 $7,869,521,621,947.05

Prior Months

07/29/2005 $7,887,617,581,195.58
06/30/2005 $7,836,495,788,085.86
05/31/2005 $7,777,880,152,594.89
04/29/2005 $7,764,537,337,364.14
03/31/2005 $7,776,939,047,670.14
02/28/2005 $7,713,137,673,664.71
01/31/2005 $7,627,742,597,775.41
12/31/2004 $7,596,165,867,424.14
11/30/2004 $7,525,209,508,979.45
10/29/2004 $7,429,677,448,545.04

Prior Fiscal Years

09/30/2004 $7,379,052,696,330.32
09/30/2003 $6,783,231,062,743.62

Looks like a debt increase of about $480 billion from 09/30/2004- 08/01/2005