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Budget deficit rose in December and is now 40% higher than it was a year ago
CNBC (Business News) ^ | 14 January 2025 | Jeff Cox

Posted on 01/14/2025 11:24:56 AM PST by zeestephen

The three-month fiscal year 2025 deficit rose to $710.9 billion, some $200 billion more than the comparable period in the prior year, or 39.4%...Rising financing costs along with continued spending growth and declining tax receipts have combined to send deficits spiraling and have pushed the national debt past the $36 trillion mark.

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1 posted on 01/14/2025 11:24:56 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

Why is the Democrat Party so intent on bankrupting America?


2 posted on 01/14/2025 11:26:57 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Why?

Control over the private sector.


3 posted on 01/14/2025 11:28:00 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Black guy upon receiving a MAGA hat: "MURICA!")
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To: zeestephen

Nonsense! Didn’t Biden tell us, just yesterday, that he has left us the most prosperous and stable economy in history of the world?🙄


4 posted on 01/14/2025 11:28:28 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: zeestephen

I stated close to a year ago, that The Inflation for 2025 is already baked in to the cake and nothing could be done for about a year financial wise tro slow down, let alone stop it.


5 posted on 01/14/2025 11:28:55 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: zeestephen
CNBC:

"Interest on the national debt has totaled $308.4 billion in fiscal 2025 [Oct-Nov-Dec], up 7% from a year ago. Financing costs are projected to top $1.2 trillion for the full year..."

6 posted on 01/14/2025 11:31:05 AM PST by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost Wisc, Mich, and Penn, by 230,000 votes.)
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To: zeestephen

The curve is nearly vertical.


7 posted on 01/14/2025 11:31:31 AM PST by ComputerGuy
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To: BenLurkin

Take a look back this century.

TWICE, Rs held all branches and the deficits were BIG.

Congress is bankrupting us and POTUS, all of them, are rubber stamping it.


8 posted on 01/14/2025 11:31:59 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: zeestephen

and these jokers are admonishing Hegseth for lack of experience cutting costs - the jokes write themselves.


9 posted on 01/14/2025 11:33:47 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: zeestephen

How can there be declining tax revenues, the democraps and their lapdog media keep telling us how bitchin things are going because of Bidenomics.


10 posted on 01/14/2025 11:35:26 AM PST by Mastador1
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To: zeestephen

How can there be declining tax revenues, the democraps and their lapdog media keep telling us how bitchin things are going because of Bidenomics.


11 posted on 01/14/2025 11:35:26 AM PST by Mastador1
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To: BenLurkin

> Why is the Democrat Party so intent on bankrupting America? <

They wouldn’t be able to do it without the active assistance of the Republican Party.

In most instances it’s Trump vs. all of DC.
But in this case it’s Rand Paul vs. all of DC.


12 posted on 01/14/2025 11:36:20 AM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: zeestephen

This year Biden has spent 8 % more than what the government has taken in more taxes repeat often and spend more.


13 posted on 01/14/2025 11:36:30 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: BenLurkin

“Why is the Democrat Party so intent on bankrupting America?”

Starting January 20th, those days are over, and fiscal responsibility returns to Washington DC.


14 posted on 01/14/2025 11:39:28 AM PST by Round Earther
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To: zeestephen

More lies. Revenue is up:

2024 Fiscal Year Total Revenue: $4.92 T, GDP $28.83 T


15 posted on 01/14/2025 11:41:33 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: dp0622
TWICE, Rs held all branches and the deficits were BIG.

Simply not true.

16 posted on 01/14/2025 11:42:21 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: dp0622
I ran the deficit numbers for Bush II. While not stellar they were outstanding relatively speaking. During the 8 years of Bush II regime, the AV deficit per year was around $250B. Total debt bill for the 8 Bush II years was a little over $2T.

By today's standards Bush II did alright. Heck nowadays we add $2T to the debt in a year and a half!!!

17 posted on 01/14/2025 11:47:36 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: zeestephen

I wanted to buy eggs yesterday. TEN DOLLARS FORTY NINE CENTS for a dozen eggs. Needless to say I bought no eggs. I usually buy them from the ranch down the road but the hens don’t lay much in the winter.


18 posted on 01/14/2025 11:53:27 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: zeestephen
Long term interest rates are also moving up, motivated mostly by investors, not artificially by the Federal Reserve, which is focused on short term rates.

The 10 Year US Treasury Bond rate has increased 0.4% in the last month.

From 4.4% to 4.8%.

That is almost a 10% relative increase in one month.

Curiously, the strength of the US Dollar (USD) continues to increase against a "basket" of foreign currencies.

Yesterday, the USD almost hit $110.

$100 is neutral - over $100 equals USD strength.

19 posted on 01/14/2025 11:54:09 AM PST by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost Wisc, Mich, and Penn, by 230,000 votes.)
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To: BenLurkin

They are all fans of “Modern Monetary Theory,” which holds that public debt doesn’t really mean anything, because the government can simply print more money. Really. And, if inflation gets too big, they can control it by raising taxes..


20 posted on 01/14/2025 11:56:54 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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