US Politics in Trump era Public date: 02.10.2020 20:59:01

Publisher: Washington Post

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10 Jul 2019

Treasury could breach debt ceiling in first half of September, much sooner than previously thought

The U.S. government could run out of money to pay all of its bills by early September if Congress doesn’t rush to raise the debt ceiling, a think tank said Monday, a time frame that could force lawmakers to act much sooner than planned. The Bipartisan Policy Center said that the Treasury Department could breach the borrowing limit in two months because the government has brought in far less tax revenue this year than was projected.
The U.S. government could run out of money to pay all of its bills by early September if Congress doesn’t rush to...
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deficits, governance, republicans, tax policy
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Publisher: Bloomberg

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28 Jan 2019

U.S. Deficit 2019: Treasury to Borrow $1 Trillion for 2nd Year

The U.S. Treasury Department is set to maintain elevated sales of long-term debt to finance the government’s widening budget deficit, with new issuance projected to top $1 trillion for a second-straight year. A heightened supply of Treasury securities follows tax cuts and government spending increases implemented under the current administration. That’s darkening a fiscal outlook already made worrisome by rising entitlement-program expenses and higher costs to service America’s nearly $16 trillion in debt.
The U.S. Treasury Department is set to maintain elevated sales of long-term debt to finance the government’s widening...
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campaign promises, deficits, governance, republicans, tax policy
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Publisher: NYTimes

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17 Oct 2018

No, Trump’s Tax Cut Isn’t Paying for Itself (at Least Not Yet)

The Treasury Department released figures on Monday showing the federal budget deficit widened by 17 percent in the 2018 fiscal year, to $779 billion. That’s an unusual jump for a year in which unemployment hit a five-decade low and the economy experienced a significant economic expansion. But the increase demonstrates that the tax cuts President Trump signed into law late last year have reduced federal revenues considerably, even against the backdrop of a booming economy.
The Treasury Department released figures on Monday showing the federal budget deficit widened by 17 percent in the 2018...
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deficits, governance, tax policy, trump agenda
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Publisher: NYTimes

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26 Sep 2018

As Debt Rises, the Government Will Soon Spend More on Interest Than on the Military

The federal government could soon pay more in interest on its debt than it spends on the military, Medicaid or children’s programs. The run-up in borrowing costs is a one-two punch brought on by the need to finance a fast-growing budget deficit, worsened by tax cuts and steadily rising interest rates that will make the debt more expensive.
The federal government could soon pay more in interest on its debt than it spends on the military, Medicaid or...
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competence, deficits, governance, tax policy
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Publisher: NYTimes

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25 Jul 2018

How the Trump Tax Cut Is Helping to Push the Federal Deficit to $1 Trillion

The amount of corporate taxes collected by the federal government has plunged to historically low levels in the  first six months of the year, pushing up the federal budget deficit much faster than economists had predicted. The reason is President Trump’s tax cuts. The law introduced a standard corporate rate of 21 percent, down from a high of 35 percent, and  allowed companies to immediately deduct many new investments.
The amount of corporate taxes collected by the federal government has plunged to historically low levels...
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competence, deficits, governance, tax policy
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Publisher: Forbes

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16 Apr 2018

On The Deficit, GOP Has Been Playing Us All For Suckers

Think about this. The same congressional Republicans who over the previous eight years wanted everyone to believe they were fiscal conservatives hell-bent on balancing the budget and not increasing the national debt, sponsored, passed and then danced around the fire because of legislation that will result in a permanent $1 trillion deficit and a debt that will soar to close to 100 percent of GDP by 2028.
Think about this. The same congressional Republicans who over the previous eight years wanted everyone to believe...
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corruption, deficits, governance, republicans, tax policy
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Publisher: NYTimes

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5 Dec 2017

Republicans Sought to Undercut an Unfavorable Analysis of the Tax Plan

In 2015, Republicans changed the budget rules in Congress so that official scorekeepers would be required to analyze the potential economic impact of major legislation when determining how it would affect federal revenues. But on Thursday, hours before they were set to vote on the largest tax cut Congress has considered in years, Senate Republicans opened an assault on that scorekeeper, the Joint Committee on Taxation, and its analysis, which showed the Senate plan would not, as lawmakers contended, pay for itself but would add $1 trillion to the federal budget deficit.
In 2015, Republicans changed the budget rules in Congress so that official scorekeepers would be required to...
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corruption, deficits, gop, governance, republicans, tax policy
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Publisher: Vox

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3 Dec 2017

Republican tax bill shows the GOP’s debt panic was a fraud

There is a long-running, almost metaphysical, argument about the GOP’s deficit hawkery. One school of thought holds that it has always been pure cynicism. Republicans passed the Bush tax cuts without offsets and paid for neither Medicare Part D nor the Iraq War. When they began decrying the deficit and debt during President Obama’s administration, under this theory, it was nothing but opportunistic political attacks, and it was obvious they would be abandoned as soon as Republicans regained power.
There is a long-running, almost metaphysical, argument about the GOP’s deficit hawkery. One school of thought holds...
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deficits, extreme measures, governance, republicans, tax policy
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