Can You Imagine Doing This at Home?

I don't have time to get the link, right now, but this is jaw dropping, from the AP:

The government will have to borrow nearly 50 cents for every dollar it spends this year, exploding the record federal deficit past $1.8 trillion under new White House estimates.

Budget office figures released Monday would add $89 billion to the 2009 red ink — increasing it to more than four times last year's all-time high...