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Originally posted by octaviameister
The US (criminal) Treasury Dept has to raise $2 trillion by 9/30/2009. If they do not, the US Govt will not be able to pay its bills.
If the treasury manages to bribe or blackmail a country to buy its debt by 9/30/2009, we will merely put off the ultimate, that being a total collapse of our economy and our country.
Originally posted by NathanNewZealand
reply to post by questioningall
Phage will be posting soon, saying 'all this is wrong, nothing is going to happen, all this means nothing, nothing unusual is happening here'.
Or our nation can just blame the swine flu for the collapse of the economy, can you imagine if millions can not work for weeks because they are sick with flu?
Originally posted by pitchdragon
reply to post by marg6043
Or our nation can just blame the swine flu for the collapse of the economy, can you imagine if millions can not work for weeks because they are sick with flu?
funny to mention that because friday in my office we had an email to tell us that we could start to work at home in the beginning of september my boss is in a big mess and now he dont sleep anymore, with that flu he can loose evreything, so yea that flu has arrive right on time to save there ass !!! we can blame only the flu for all the next economy disaster and is not anymore a conspiracy because many people say it, we are just brainwashed or dont have enough power or not organisated !!!
July 13 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. budget deficit topped $1 trillion for the first nine months of the fiscal year and broke a monthly record for June as the recession subtracted from revenue and the government spent to rejuvenate the economy.
The shortfall for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1 totaled $1.1 trillion, the first time that the gap for the period surpassed $1 trillion, Treasury figures showed today in Washington. The excess of spending over revenue for June was $94.3 billion, the first deficit for that month since 1991, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Economists surveyed by Bloomberg News forecast a June deficit of $97 billion, according to the median of 30 estimates. Projections ranged from deficits of $109.3 billion to $70 billion.
The June deficit compares with a surplus of $33.5 billion in the same month a year earlier. Spending last month surged 37 percent to $309.7 billion and revenue fell 17 percent to $215.4 billion, the Treasury said.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the federal budget shortfall for the first nine months of the fiscal year was also $1.1 trillion, while saying the budget deficit for June was $97 billion. For the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, the Office of Management and Budget forecasts the deficit to reach a record $1.841 trillion, more than four times the previous fiscal year’s $459 billion shortfall.