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Sharp decline in federal tax receipts raises serious concerns about debt ceiling
The Hill ^ | 04/25/2023 | ARIS FOLLEY

Posted on 04/25/2023 1:39:16 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The federal government is pulling in less tax revenue than expected, prompting concerns the early numbers could leave far less time for Congress to strike a deal to avoid a default on the national debt.

Before tax figures started rolling in after last week’s filing deadline, Congress appeared to have until sometime in late July or August to pass legislation to raise or suspend the debt limit. But some experts have warned that a major shortfall in tax revenue means the U.S. government could run out of cash as early as June.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: debtceiling; federal; receipts; tax
Get spending back to pre covid levels
1 posted on 04/25/2023 1:39:16 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The revenue collected is still sufficient to avoid a credit default. We have enough money to pay for interest on our debt.


2 posted on 04/25/2023 1:42:44 PM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar

Statement correct but need 3digit iq to understand it. We are #@$&#


3 posted on 04/25/2023 1:58:50 PM PDT by genghis (Cathinkngact only reason go after puthan 5nu0 inbbiedComlpln)
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To: kabar

The Hill AKA The Rat’s mouthpiece.


4 posted on 04/25/2023 1:59:14 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Make it fast!


5 posted on 04/25/2023 2:02:16 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
There is no fool as bad as an old fool.

Who hasn't heard the old saying "don't count your chickens before they're
hatched?" Counting on future tax revenue is akin to a Ponzi scheme.

6 posted on 04/25/2023 2:17:56 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How about that... Money doesn’t just appear out of thin air. Taxes are on profits. When there are no profits there is no tax revenue.


7 posted on 04/25/2023 2:21:50 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Simple solution...RAISE TAXES!!


8 posted on 04/25/2023 2:31:17 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else…)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

On another thread the discussion was that “theY” are devious.

In government bookeeping there is a lot of money designated for projet A, proje B, etc. but not actually spent. There are adjustments that are very big. Much COVID, appropriated money from past years is not yet spent. It is very easy to game the books. It will take ACLJ 2 years of FOIA to see those books.

Would it be shocking? Or Business as usual for team BIDEN to do this?


9 posted on 04/25/2023 2:54:51 PM PDT by spintreebob (ki .h )
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To: Openurmind

Profit taxes and payroll taxes. Eventually liberals will learn that their lucrative pension plans rely on private-sector profits to exist, let alone flourish. Hopefully the private sector will survive.


10 posted on 04/25/2023 3:03:23 PM PDT by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Nice economy you have there, Biden. During your first year in office it was going so great guns that tax revenue was higher than spending...oops.


11 posted on 04/25/2023 3:11:48 PM PDT by asinclair (What doesn't kill you makes you stronger)
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To: Bernard

I hope so too.


12 posted on 04/25/2023 3:19:51 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: asinclair
During your first year in office it was going so great guns that tax revenue was higher than spending...oops.

Uh...no.

13 posted on 04/25/2023 3:23:59 PM PDT by semimojo
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Don’t worry, eightysix thousand new IRS agents can bump the numbers up some…


14 posted on 04/25/2023 3:37:02 PM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Remember when the economists and “experts” said Trump’s tax cuts would cause a reduction in revenues but instead revenues went up? Then they said Biden’s policies would increase revenues but instead they have caused revenues to go down. At the same time, spending continues to rise regardless of all the “money saving” legislation passed by democrats. Promises, promises, that’s all we ever get!

May I suggest that we need a new class of economists and experts?


15 posted on 04/25/2023 3:41:29 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So have they been lying about the unemployment numbers?


16 posted on 04/25/2023 4:36:55 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Guess I better get my estimated taxes in...


17 posted on 04/25/2023 6:02:47 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most importan.t election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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