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Feds Celebrate $3 Trillion Tax Haul; Wallets Weep
Canada Free Press ^ | 10/17/14 | Alan Joel

Posted on 10/17/2014 10:04:15 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony

Government overspending, gleefully celebrated by record tax collections of your hard earned dollars. The rapacious government needs to be fed.

This Washington Times piece did an nice overview of FY2014:

The Treasury Department unveiled its Fiscal Year 2014 numbers, which showed that the government’s revenue, for the first time ever, hit the $3 trillion mark. However, the government still overspent its revenues, leaving a $483 billion deficit.

Supporters of President Obama are touting the “success” of a $483 billion deficit by pointing out its the lowest deficit since 2008. A “mere” $483 billion deficit is not something to be celebrated. It means that, despite record revenues, the government still engages in out-of-control spending.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: deficits; revenue; taxes

1 posted on 10/17/2014 10:04:15 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
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To: Sean_Anthony

Where’s my $2,500 savings on Health Care?


2 posted on 10/17/2014 10:06:26 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Sean_Anthony

“The Treasury Department unveiled its Fiscal Year 2014 numbers, which showed that the government’s revenue, for the first time ever, hit the $3 trillion mark. However, the government still overspent its revenues, leaving a $483 billion deficit.”

Pretty good argument for the necessity of having a true Conservative government IMO.


3 posted on 10/17/2014 10:08:32 AM PDT by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: Sean_Anthony

And kids, families, working moms, retirees, unemployed fathers...we all feel the pain.

Yay big government! Still glad folks stayed home instead of voting for Romney?


4 posted on 10/17/2014 10:09:48 AM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Sean_Anthony

And kids, families, working moms, retirees, unemployed fathers...we all feel the pain.

Yay big government! Still glad folks stayed home instead of voting for Romney?


5 posted on 10/17/2014 10:10:55 AM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: bigbob

Give it a rest RINO fan boy. ORomney is not better than Obola. They both want the same thing for the country just done differently and one slower than the other. A despot is still a despot....


6 posted on 10/17/2014 10:21:59 AM PDT by 556x45
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To: Sean_Anthony

Was it Dirksen who said: “ A million here ... a million there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.” ?
THAT’S how politicians THINK!


7 posted on 10/17/2014 10:22:32 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: 556x45

“...and a dickhead is still a dickhead”,

Eh, Richard Cranium?


8 posted on 10/17/2014 12:27:29 PM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfusbutcher)
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