US FY 2017 Deficit - Summary of Receipts, Outlays & Deficit by Month Compared to 2016

This table shows a summary of receipts, outlays, and the deficit (and some months surplus) for the U.S. Government by Month. 

Roughly 16.7¢ of every dollar spent in FY 2017 was new debt!

So, does this table say our budget deficit issues are improving or getting worse?

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Trump won the election in November 2016 but didn't have control of the budget until the January 20th Inauguration. Odd, why the huge slash in Y/Y spending during the first 3 months of FY17?

 #BlameTrump #BlameObama

Donald Trump Shirts Made in India

I get a chuckle out of the presidential debates.  Trump is correct that current policies force companies to look overseas to have things manufactured.  I believe he is dead wrong about wanting a tariff.  

Rather than start a trade war with his proposed 35% tariff that he would have to pay making his own good overseas, why not find some way to lower the taxes to zero for PROFITS on ALL GOODS manufactured in the US. by corporations?  Pass the profits on to workers and shareholders and tax them!

One of two Trump shirts I still have that I bought at closeout from Macys many years ago.
The shirts are decent quality much like any of the other "name brands" sold at Macy's but those are not much different than the house brand polo shirts with pockets from Kohl's either.

Here is exchange from a recent debate

RUBIO: Yeah, a couple points. If he builds the wall the way he built Trump Towers, he'll be using illegal immigrant labor to do it. The second--

TRUMP: Such a cute sound bite.

RUBIO: But it -- no, it's not a sound bite. It's a fact. Again, go online and Google it. Donald Trump, Polish workers. You'll see it.

The second thing, about the trade war -- I don't understand, because your ties and the clothes you make is made in Mexico and in China. So you're gonna be starting a trade war against your own ties and your own suits.

TRUMP: All right, you know what?

RUBIO: Why don't you make them in America?

TRUMP: Because they devalue their currency -- they devalue their currencies...

RUBIO: Well, then make them in America.

TRUMP: ... that makes it -- well, you don't know a thing about business. You lose on everything...