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‘Totally Inadequate’: DeSantis Blasts McCarthy Over Budget Deal for ‘Careening Towards Bankruptcy’… Rand Paul Summarizes RINO Kevin McCarthy’s Debt Ceiling Deal: ‘Fake Conservatives Agree to Fake Spending Cuts’

May 29, 2023 6:59 pm

‘Totally Inadequate’: DeSantis Blasts McCarthy Over Budget Deal for ‘Careening Towards Bankruptcy’ Fiscal conservatives blast debt ceiling ‘sell out’ Fake conservatives agree to fake spending cuts. Deal will increase mandatory spending ~5%, increase military spending ~3%, and maintain current non-military …

“Alaska Permanent Fund account that pays for state budget and dividends is under pressure” From 29% returns to 3% returns, with the legislature taking 5% for spending, what could go wrong?

May 29, 2023 9:58 am

by truthwillout777 For 41 years, Alaskans’ bank accounts have been refilled with dividends – usually more than $1,000 – from the $76.6 billion Alaska Permanent Fund. More recently, the fund also has been the biggest source of money paying for state …

House Oversight Chair James Comer: Congress Must Hold FBI’s Budget ‘Hostage’ Until They Produce Biden Crime Family Documents [VIDEO]

May 23, 2023 10:27 amMay 23, 2023 7:55 am

This country won't survive much longer with a FBI and DOJ this corrupt and weaponized against it's own people. https://t.co/NiduBMb0A1 — Catturd ™ (@catturd2) May 23, 2023 There Is No Beauty in Bureaucracy

Gov’t Gone Wild! Biden Refuses To Cut Bloated Budget, Cory Bush’s $14 TRILLION Reparations Demand (US Dollar DOWN -21% Since Sept 2022 While Bitcoin UP 41%, Gold UP 21%, Silver UP 28%)

May 22, 2023 9:05 am

by confoundedinterest17 This is truly the new version of “Girls Gone Wild!” except this time it is elderly politicians in Washington DC acting like demented children. Biden will not budge on spending cuts with the debt limit soooo close to the …

House passes updated version of the Senate budget, which includes $34.2 million in capital project earmarks for House Majority members “Amazing how fast the House majority abandoned the bigger dividend today. That issue seems to have just died. $35 million goes a long way!”

May 19, 2023 8:45 am

Amazing how fast the House majority abandoned the bigger dividend today. That issue seems to have just died. $35 million goes a long way! #akleg — The Alaska Landmine (@alaskalandmine) May 19, 2023 They didn’t fix the oil taxes, they …

Doge Coin Versus Venerable Bitcoin, Is The Thrill Gone From Dogecoin? (US CDS 1Y Rises Again On Democrat Failure To Control Budget)

May 18, 2023 7:07 pm

by confoundedinterest17 Is the thrill gone from Dogecoin? In the crazy world of Cryptocurrencies, two “coins” stand out: the venerable Bitcoin and Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer’s Dogecoin (aka Dog Coin based on a Shiba Inu dog. After a jolt …

Annual inflation on supermarket own-label budget items in the UK stepped up to 25% in April and I bet that’s underreported

May 17, 2023 1:36 pm

via theguardian: Some meat and vegetable lines at supermarkets have almost doubled in price over the past year, research has found, prompting fresh calls for the government to intervene as food industry figures gather for summit in Downing Street. Annual …

Is this how the end looks like? Interest payments > Military budget

May 11, 2023 6:15 pm

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYOIGDA188S As you can see from the chart, federal government spending on interest payments has increased significantly over time. This is largely due to the increasing national debt, which means that more and more money must be spent on interest …

Pete Buttigieg Proposes $20 Million Budget for Female Crash Dummies are used in vehicle crash testing “to fight the gender inequity

April 21, 2023 8:00 pm

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) highlights the vital work that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is doing to ensure that “female dummies” are used in vehicle crash testing “to fight the gender inequity among…crash victims.” Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) highlights the vital …

The US federal government’s budget deficit reached $1.1 trillion in the first half of the fiscal year

April 14, 2023 12:55 pm

The U.S. budget deficit hit $1.1 trillion in the first half of fiscal year 2023, the Treasury Department said Wednesday, $432 billion more than the shortfall in the same period a year ago. That includes a March deficit of $378 …

Biden’s proposed budget proposes $4.7 trillion in new taxes and $6.9 trillion in reckless spending

March 26, 2023 10:05 pmMarch 24, 2023 6:03 pm

https://twitter.com/TisMoreorLess/status/1639371602067349508 Pres. Biden’s budget is jam packed with $4.7 TRILLION in new or increased taxes. That’s going to hit Middle Americans like a sledgehammer. — John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) March 20, 2023 President Biden's proposed budget would pour gasoline on the …

Biden Asks for Massive $886 Billion Military Budget for 2024

March 11, 2023 10:34 pm

The White House is asking Congress for a whopping $886.4 billion military budget for the fiscal year 2024, with $842 billion of it going to the Pentagon. The rest would go toward other federal agencies’ military spending, including the Energy …

US Budget Deficit Projected To Be -$20 TRILLION Over Next 10 Years (Biden Ignores The Inflation Tax, Interest Costs On US Debt Forecast To TRIPLE Over Next 10 Years)

February 16, 2023 10:25 pmFebruary 16, 2023 1:07 pm

by confoundedinterest17 President Biden loves to demonize his opponents like Republicans over spending and the Federal budget. Biden argued that his budget won’t increase taxes on Americans making less than $400,000 a year and will ultimately cut the deficit by $2 trillion …

A Balanced Budget is Now “Irresponsible”

February 7, 2023 8:41 pm

by Simon Black “Irresponsible.” That’s the word that some politicians in the United States Congress have been using this week to describe their opponents’ demands to balance the federal budget. Just imagine what that says about the state of US public …

Rep. Matt Gaetz: McCarthy ‘Refused’ on ‘Term Limits,’ Balanced Budget, and ‘Border Plan’… Lauren Boebert Unloads on McCarthy … Conservative Revolt Against RINO Kevin McCarthy Poised to Spread to Others in GOP Establishment

January 4, 2023 10:06 pmJanuary 4, 2023 10:26 am

via justthenews: Adecade in the making, the conservative-led revolt that thwarted Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s bid to be Speaker on three consecutive votes Tuesday isn’t likely to stop in the House as those eager to disrupt the GOP’s status quo also have …

Game over for Japan, 100% of the Japanese budget goes to paying interest on their debt

December 20, 2022 8:06 pm

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SHocKeR! The Fed Says: “MORE PEOPLE NEED TO LOSE THEIR JOBS.” And No Budget? AGAIN!

December 16, 2022 8:58 pm

Zelenskyy Asks for Another $55 Billion to Pay for Budget, Infrastructure, Government Expenses and Pensions of Ukraine

November 27, 2022 10:30 pm

by Sundance Has anyone stopped to ask why the United States taxpayer is responsible for funding the government operations of Ukraine, to include the paychecks and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, or nah? As Joe Biden and various Democrat and Republican …

The Government Is Set To Spend More On Debt Payments Than The Entire Defense Budget

November 2, 2022 6:20 pm

Interest on federal debt is set to skyrocket, potentially surpassing defense spending by as early as 2025, CNN reported Tuesday. The federal government made $475 billion in net interest payments in the fiscal year 2022 — which ended in September …

US federal budget deficits since the US went off the gold standard… without gold keeping them honest, politicians in Washington DC have created huge budget deficits… we are now going into a recession/depression with debt/GDP 130%… with increasing interest rates and a Fed $8.8 trillion balance sheet…

October 2, 2022 3:18 pm

by silvertomars Inflation is transitory, will hit 2% in 2022 Recession is very unlikely Interest rates won’t rise until 2024 Inflation is actually good for you They literally supported buying bonds/ETFs Now, we are paying for these failures.

Globalists in action: IMF warns the UK to overturn its budget

September 28, 2022 2:23 pm

IMF urges Kwarteng and Truss to rethink tax cuts in rare intervention The International Monetary Fund has launched a stinging attack on the UK’s tax-cutting plans and called on Liz Truss’s government to reconsider them to prevent stoking inequality https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/sep/27/kwasi-kwartengs-tax-cuts-likely-to-increase-inequality-imf-says …

Low income couples could get £2,500 boost in emergency Budget this Friday

September 18, 2022 3:57 pm

by Boo_Randy And where does this “boost” come from? Taxpayers, and Money Printer Go BRRRRRR. Regret to inform you, UK sheeple, but swapping out one set of globalist stooges for another isn’t going to fix your terminal economic spiral. You …

Biden Administration Has Approved $4.8 Trillion of New Borrowing & Budget Deficit (Mocking Taxpayers Bird??)

September 17, 2022 4:20 pmSeptember 15, 2022 10:09 pm

by confoundedinterest17 The Biden Administration celebrated their irresponsible spending splurge on the White House lawn with boring singer James Taylor droning several tunes. But why is Biden celebrating driving up Federal debt by $4.8 TRILLION??? According to the Committee for a Responsible Budget (what …

The Fed, the economy and the budget deficit are on a collision course with each other.

July 13, 2022 11:12 am

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Even the greatest racing sport has inflation issues. F1’s budget cap has been increased as a result of the inflation crisis affecting the global financial system.

July 9, 2022 7:29 pm

by BoatSurfer600 F1’s budget cap has been increased as a result of the inflation crisis affecting the global financial system. Teams will be permitted to spend 3.1% more than previously – this year’s cost cap figure had been set at …

Ukraine Asks for Billions More to Support Their Budget and Social Responsibilities for Ukrainian People

April 27, 2022 8:54 am

by sundance The government of Ukraine is asking western nations to fund their budget. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked for $7 billion per month in financial assistance to retain their government obligations. Yesterday, Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal reiterated that demand saying, “the …

After $15M budget cut, Portland Police still struggling to hire – they think yoga will help

March 26, 2022 9:44 am

Nearly two years after a $15 million budget cut, the Portland Police Bureau is still struggling to hire new officers and retain current staff. PPB’s $254 million proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year would restore about $15.3 million to its operating budget—nearly …

How to Reinvigorate Your Monthly Budget

February 21, 2022 2:14 pmFebruary 3, 2022 8:46 am

Do you ever get the feeling that your monthly budget needs a makeover? If so, don’t hesitate to take on the challenge. For millions of working people, the idea of tinkering with the budget is something that gives pause. Actually, …

Japan Cabinet OKs record defense budget amid Taiwan concerns

December 24, 2021 9:58 am

TOKYO – Japan’s Cabinet approved a record 5.4 trillion yen ($47 billion) defense budget for fiscal 2022 on Friday that includes funding for research and development of a new fighter jet and other “game-changing” weapons as Japan bolsters its defense …

Record-Breaking $788 Billion Defense Budget Passes House

December 10, 2021 3:26 pm