Words & Numbers

Imagine, if you will, that the United States federal government somehow received all of the money it normally would for the entire year on January 1st. The day it would have spent it all and started deficit spending (that is, spending money it simply doesn’t have) could be dubbed “Deficit Day.” This year, 2018, that day falls on October 19th. From this day until the end of the year, the US Federal Government is spending money it doesn’t have to the tune of about $11 billion per day. So what does that mean for the government? What does that mean for the people? Join Antony Davies and James Harrigan as they dive into this and more on this week’s episode of Words & Numbers Show Notes: Trump administration stifles free speech Foolishness of the Week Government regulating pizza toppings Topic of the Week: Deficit Day Congressional Budget Office projections Federal receipts and outlays over time Interest rate on the federal debt Student loan debt statistics Flemming v. Nestor (1960): You do not have an ear