year than last year. it s going up. certainly not the coming down rapidly that larry kudlow claimed. that is going to continue. in february the white house office of management and budget estimated that the deficit will keep rising. it s expected to reach $984 billion in 2019. as for kudlow s caveat that he meant future deafficits. it s expected to rise from colon current level to 9.5%. this is a different way to measure it. my point is that there s no way you can calculate this and get to a different conclusion. even factoring in economic growth, by the way, which is what kudlow likes to do, the con