Posted on 12/10/2015 5:42:15 PM PST by Olog-hai
The federal government continued to collect taxes at an unprecedented pace in the beginning of fiscal 2016, raking in a record of approximately $416,014,000,000 in revenues through the first two months of the fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2015 through the end of November), according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released today.
In the entirety of fiscal 2015, which ended on Sept. 30, the federal government collected a record $3,248,723,000,000, which worked out to about $21,833 for every person who held a job in the country as of September.
The record-setting $416,014,000,000 in taxes that the federal government collected in just the first two months of this fiscal year equals approximately $2,785 for every person in the country who had either a job in November. ...
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It’s just a “paying-for problem”, don’t forget; absolutely not a spending problem.
200 Billion debt in 2 months simple projection to 1.2 Trillion for the fiscal year.
One of the tricks the establishment may use (and has used in the past) is to take half of the 1.2 T and use it to paydown the 1.2 T, then brag in the press that the deficit was cut in half! Nice logic eh?
where does all the money go ?
Meanwhile we imported a huge amount of things, which were manufactured overseas.
Bring back American manufacturing.
The Uniparty doesn’t want it back. They are full speed ahead with Cloward/Piven.
No matter how much they take, it will never be enough.
As far as obama is concerned, the State owns everything; you’re just allowed to keep a little of what you earn in order to feed yourself and your family so you can continue to work for the State.
And this does not even take into consideration the $85 Billion A MONTH the Fed is stealing.
Does anyone really think that headline would be any different if a Republican was in the White House?
A RINO, no. And never.
A conservative could turn it around with the will to do so; but then again, being a conservative is an act of sheer will (and faith) these days, so I repeat myself.
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