These deficit numbers are ridiculous!!! There is no way we can afford another 5 trillion of Biden/Pelosi/Schumer's spending extravaganza!! They think we are stupid, telling us the spending will occur over a 10 year period. How the hell can they forecast out 10 years! Pure Bullsh*t!!!!!!! Oh...and this...“extraordinary measures”... draining federal employee pension fund...isn't that what the Teamsters used to do to finance the Mafia?!!!!!!!

"For the entire budget year, which ends Sept. 30, the Congressional Budget Office is forecasting a deficit of $3 trillion, which would be just below the record deficit of $3.13 trillion set last year.
In a letter to congressional leaders last week, Yellen said she expects to exhaust next month the available “extraordinary measures” used to prevent the U.S. from hitting the government’s borrowing limit. The measures mainly involve draining federal employee pension funds to clear room for more borrowing until Congress either raises the current $2.84 trillion limit or suspends the limit."

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U.S. budget deficit rises to $2.71 trillion through August

The U.S. budget deficit rose to $2.71 trillion through August, on track to be the second largest shortfall in history due to trillions of dollars in COVID relief. In its monthly budget report, the Treasury Department said Monday that the deficit for