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US budget deficit grows to $1.3 trillion, the second highest six-month level on record (www.independent.co.uk)
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cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/19471

The U.S. budget deficit has grown to more than $1.3 trillion in the first half of the fiscal year

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[–] Seaguy05@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I think more tax breaks for corporations and the 1% is the only way to fix this issue.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

What about crashing the stock market?

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

Somehow this orange guy endorsing Trickle Down from Bush just seems apt.

[–] No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We have tried nothing and we already ran out of ideas!

[–] Seaguy05@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

We tried ~~tricked~~ trickle down economics and, to a few, that's been very successful.