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Fri Mar 22, 2019, 05:52 PM Mar 2019

U.S. Posts Largest Monthly Budget Deficit Ever

U.S. Posts Largest Monthly Budget Deficit Ever

March 22, 2019 at 3:02 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 115 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/03/22/u-s-posts-largest-monthly-budget-deficit-ever/

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“The U.S. posted its biggest monthly budget deficit on record last month, amid falling corporate and individual tax revenue and increasing federal spending,” Bloomberg reports.

“The budget gap widened to $234 billion in February, compared with a fiscal gap of $215.2 billion a year earlier. That gap surpassed the previous monthly record of $231.7 billion set seven years ago.”

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U.S. Posts Largest Monthly Budget Deficit Ever (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2019 OP
Digging our own economic grave. democratisphere Mar 2019 #1
rump doing his next bankrupcy ... this time, he's trying to drag us down w/ him...nt SWBTATTReg Mar 2019 #2
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