Trump administration warns tax receipts are coming in slowly, government could run out of cash soone
Source: Washington Post
Trump administration warns tax receipts are coming in slowly, government could run out of cash sooner than expected
By Damian Paletta and Max Ehrenfreund May 24 at 2:27 PM
White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney on Wednesday said that tax receipts were coming in “slower than expected” and that the federal government could run out of cash sooner than it had thought.
Mulvaney’s comments, which came during a House Budget Committee hearing, resurrected an issue that Congress has mostly ignored in recent months but that will soon force some tough political decisions. ... A few hours later, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin echoed these concerns, telling another House committee, “I urge you raise the debt limit before you leave for the summer.”
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The Bipartisan Policy Center, which analyzes federal receipts and spending, had estimated that the government had until November to address the debt-ceiling issue, but it recently moved up its projection to Oct. 2 because tax receipts are coming in slower than expected and a huge federal payment is due that day. The government is expected to make a payment of between $70 billion and $80 billion to the Military Retirement Trust Fund. As of Monday, the government's cash balance was $164.9 billion, a figure that will be slowly drawn down over time.
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If tax receipts are coming in slower than expected, that could increase pressure on lawmakers to raise or suspend the debt ceiling by the August recess. Such votes can be politically unpopular, but many business groups have warned that failing to raise the debt ceiling could lead to a financial crisis because the U.S. government might not have enough money to pay its bills.
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terrorist who endangers the U.S.
Just because he is a U.S. citizen white guy who has infiltrated the Federal Government doesn't mean he isn't also an economic terrorist.
Using engineered dangers and self-induced threats to incite fear in the populace qualifies him as a domestic terrorist, along with his puppetmasters the koch sociopaths.
Oh, and he's also a teabagging asshole crackpot who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near federal policymaking.
Why is "the media" not creating a do or die scenario against the GOP like they did against Democrats - twice? 
It's almost as if they don't realize you need a state to prop up failing capitalistic ventures, and that if there is no state, and money and other "assets" become worthless, who's going to protect their entitled asses? These soft bellied weaklings who have never lifted anything heavier than a salad fork, or their administrative assistants dress without permission, are going to have to fend for themselves. Some good souls will take pity, but there is going to be an overwhelming majority who will see them for the useless drain on the new society that they will be. We won't need bankers, financiers, hedge fund managers or any of the other (basically) useless "professionals (I mean think about it, they create nothing, well, except misery for the underclasses, of course). Engineers, scientists, skilled trades, unskilled trades, drivers, cooks/chefs, etc. will all have a place, because they contribute real things.
I'm aware this is all utopian in thinking, but sometimes it's nice to think of a world without these leeches
who are always the cause of bringing the economy and society to the brink of collapse.
