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Are you high?For the first time in about 5 years, the US deficit is shrinking. We are actually paying for our spending.
Are you high?For the first time in about 5 years, the US deficit is shrinking. We are actually paying for our spending.
Not currently, but it does happen from time to time that our tax revenues exceed our expenses. In early September the inflows exceeded the outflows. The debt clock has slowed, though only slightly, but it's encouraging.Are you high?
What's not encouraging is record government confiscation of money.Not currently, but it does happen from time to time that our tax revenues exceed our expenses. In early September the inflows exceeded the outflows. The debt clock has slowed, though only slightly, but it's encouraging.
Not currently, but it does happen from time to time that our tax revenues exceed our expenses. In early September the inflows exceeded the outflows. The debt clock has slowed, though only slightly, but it's encouraging.
We haven't had a budget surplus in 20 years.Not currently, but it does happen from time to time that our tax revenues exceed our expenses. In early September the inflows exceeded the outflows. The debt clock has slowed, though only slightly, but it's encouraging.
Hard to have a surplus when spending the same as last year is called "slashing the budget".We haven't had a budget surplus in 20 years.
Did tax rates suddenly go up? Did Trump’s tax cuts expire?What's not encouraging is record government confiscation of money.
YepDid tax rates suddenly go up?
Where and when?
The US fiscal year ends August 31st and some spending programs ended in the same time window. With the increase in employment, the rise in wages and the extended work week all lead to greater revenues. Add it all together and you begin to pay down the fiscal deficit.Where and when?
Not since Bill Clinton was President.We haven't had a budget surplus in 20 years.
God bless you President Biden.The US fiscal year ends August 31st and some spending programs ended in the same time window. With the increase in employment, the rise in wages and the extended work week all lead to greater revenues. Add it all together and you begin to pay down the fiscal deficit.
Not since Newt Gingrich balanced the budget.Not since Bill Clinton was President.
Correct, Newt was instrumental in raising the Fed tax rate from 28% to 39.6% in 1993.Not since Newt Gingrich balanced the budget.
Actually that was proposed by Clinton and passed by a Democrat controlled Congress. Newt famously predicted wrongly that it would lead to a recession. The next year Republicans won control of Congress for the first time in 40 years.Correct, Newt was instrumental in raising the Fed tax rate from 28% to 39.6% in 1993.
WrongCorrect, Newt was instrumental in raising the Fed tax rate from 28% to 39.6% in 1993.
Pretty sure Newt Gingrich signed that bill into law.The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 was Clinton's signature bill that jump started the path to a balanced budget.