Bush does it better

Another record budget deficit for W:

The federal government's budget deficit rose sharply in November as spending raced ahead of tax receipts.

The Treasury Department reported Monday that the deficit totaled $83.1 billion, the highest imbalance ever recorded in November.

For the first two months of the 2006 budget year, which began Oct. 1, the deficit totals $130.3 billion, 13.1 percent higher than the $115.2 billion in red ink run up during the same period last year.

Brian Bethune, U.S. economist for Global Insight, predicted the deficit will hit $359 billion this year.

That would be a $50 billion dollar increase over last year's deficit for those scoring at home.