rightwinger
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It appears that revenue is always low in February and March. Revenue isn't flat for the entire year. It remains to be seen just how big the deficit will be this year. It will probably be higher because of all the pork spending the Dims loaded into the budget, but some of that may be offset by increased tax revenue.Then explain the spike in the deficit once Trumps tax deduction took effectNo shit FingerboyRevenue increased, you fucking moron. How many times do you have to be told that? It's the subject of the OP. Does reality impinge on your brain at any point?Poor, poor fIngerboy
Cutting revenue while maintaining existing spending INCREASES your deficit
Just like we are seeing with Crooked Donnie
According to the latest monthly report from the Congressional Budget Office, revenues in April totaled $515 billion — a 13% increase over last April and an all-time high for the month.
For the current 2018 fiscal year, which started last October, revenues are $83 billion higher than they were the year before — an increase of 4.3%.
Revenue increases every April when people pay their taxes. So the question becomes what was the difference between this year and last year?
We are six months (Trumps tax cut is only three) into this fiscal year and you are bragging about a 4.3 percent increase. Which would mean an 8.6 percent annual increase.
The reason we got a 13 percent increase was because of huge stock market gains in 2017
An 8.6% annual increase is quite large. Whether it has anything to do with capital gains remains to be established. We also had stock market gains in 2016. Of course, the snowflake theory was that Trump's tax cut would cause a loss in revenue. That theory is obviously wrong.
Dems didn’t add a piece of pork....it is all Republicans
They rammed through that horrible budget