Even With Record $404 Billion In Tax Receipts Deficit Continues To Grow

$404,155,000,000: Taxes Set Record In First 2 Months Of FY15—Deficit Still $179B

 

 

 

 

” The U.S. Treasury continued to rake in tax dollars at a record rate in November as the federal government closed out the first two months of fiscal 2015 with $404,155,000,000 in total receipts, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released today.

  In constant 2014 dollars, this is the first time federal revenues have topped $400 billion in the first two months of the fiscal year.

  Even with these record revenues, the Treasury ran a deficit of $178.531 billion deficit in October and November as it spent $582.686 billion.”

 

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