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US Budget Deficit Soars In October As Government Spends Over $300 Billion In One Month
ZeroHedge ^ | 11/13/2012 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 11/13/2012 11:43:12 AM PST by mojito

Moments ago the MTS [Monthly Treasury Statement] released the final October budget report. It was not pretty, although those who read our report on how much debt was added - $195 billion to be precise - in the first month of the 2013 Fiscal Year will know where this is going. The US budget deficit was expected to soar after the September surplus of $75 billion, driven entirely by calendar shifts and pre-election propaganda, to -$113 billion. That was optimistic: the total amount of overspending in October was $120 billion. What is distressing is that this was well above the $98.5 billion deficit from a year ago, and confirms that the long-term trendline of ever greater spending continues. This was also the fourth largest October deficit in history. And looking merely at the spending side of the ledger, the US government's outlays in October alone were $304 billion. This is the third biggest October monthly spend for the government ever, and just shy of the all time high $320.4 billion record in October 2008....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: bammy; bankrupt; cliff; debt; deficit; greece; inherited; obamanomics; spending
Whooooooo!
1 posted on 11/13/2012 11:43:17 AM PST by mojito
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To: mojito

There were a lot of votes to buy.


2 posted on 11/13/2012 11:47:07 AM PST by John W (Viva Cristo Rey!)
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To: John W

poor Barry sure inherited a mess.(sarc)


3 posted on 11/13/2012 11:48:36 AM PST by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: mojito

“O” has a deliberate and calculated plan to run the wheels off this country... as quickly as possible.

THEN-the master coup will be forced on us... in a flash it will be OVER!


4 posted on 11/13/2012 11:51:15 AM PST by SMARTY ("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
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To: mojito

It’s a good thing we have a great leader as president.


5 posted on 11/13/2012 11:51:57 AM PST by elhombrelibre ("I'd rather be ruled by the Tea Party than the Democratic Party." Norman Podhoretz)
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To: mojito

If the US tips into a recession, watch-out for a huge vicious cycle to begin.

recession means less tax revenue, and more unemployed. It will mean greater deficits, and more need to print money and more push to raise taxes. Either or both of which will further dampen the economic climate, furthering the downward spiral and larger deficits


6 posted on 11/13/2012 11:53:15 AM PST by PGR88
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To: SMARTY

Yup! For those that know history...we does sees it a comin’ round the bend.

Good thing dem’ trains be runnin’ on time to da’ camps.


7 posted on 11/13/2012 11:56:26 AM PST by EBH (0bama is guilty of willful neglect of duty.)
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To: mojito

Shut up, there was an election to buy.


8 posted on 11/13/2012 11:58:36 AM PST by NonValueAdded ("Our president ... makes big speeches packed full of little ideas" Charles C. W. Cooke)
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To: SMARTY

Its called Cloward and Pivins strategy. It comes from a lefty
strategy out of Harvard in the 60’s. Its to destroy the country by overwhelming it with entitelments.


9 posted on 11/13/2012 12:06:59 PM PST by ully2
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To: mojito

It’s ok though....they found the money inside a book at a garage sale. And they are not even asking it get paid back in any way shape or form so it’s all good.


10 posted on 11/13/2012 12:10:15 PM PST by oust the louse (Obamacare has morphed into a tax on staying alive.)
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To: mojito

Nephew lost his job with a big int’l company the other day.

I made the comment that his parents (both lefties) voted him out of a job.

He didn’t laugh...


11 posted on 11/13/2012 12:12:37 PM PST by moovova
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To: ully2

The way to handle it is to prepare to NOT be in that soup line.

They don’t have you by the jubblies if you can feed and defend yourself.


12 posted on 11/13/2012 12:16:51 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: mojito

“If the rich were paying their fair share, this wouldn’t be a problem.” /Obama voter


13 posted on 11/13/2012 12:25:14 PM PST by PogySailor (Barack Obama just won the right to be the Captain of the Titanic)
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To: PGR88
recession means less tax revenue, and more unemployed. It will mean greater deficits, and more need to print money and more push to raise taxes. Either or both of which will further dampen the economic climate, furthering the downward spiral and larger deficits

Problem is, larger deficits will eventually run smack dab into no or only high rate lending. That will result in either a cold turkey evaporation or overly quick withrdawal or lending. Either will cause significant withdrawal symptoms.

Takers beware, your social security, medicare, medicaid, foodstamps, HUD checks, etc., are only one missed payment by a disfunctional beauracracy away from ending.

$200B deficit in October equals approximately $650 in new debt that every man, woman, and child (rich or not) now owes for government spending beyond its means just during October of 2012. Last years total was around $1.2T, or $4,000 per man, women and child. Before interest...

14 posted on 11/13/2012 7:11:03 PM PST by !1776!
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