American Thinker Blog: Real 2009 Budget Deficit: $1,785,603,936,384.06

American Thinker Blog: Real 2009 Budget Deficit: $1,785,603,936,384.06:

The recent publicly announced Federal Budget Deficit for 2009 is widely reported to be $1.4 trillion.

This figure is inaccurate. Why? Because the Government made an 'accounting change'.

The real deficit is easily determined.

Thanks to a convenient web page maintained by the Treasury Department, you can access the National Debt data for any day, or range of days."