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The Big Money Show co-host Dagen McDowell discusses the deeply flawed memorandum regarding Iran, highlighting how the American people are unwilling to bear increased fuel costs for regime change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The federal budget deficit is now expected to surpass $2 trillion this fiscal year, which would be one of the largest shortfalls on record as spending growth continues to outpace tax receipts.<\/p>\n
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Monday released its monthly budget update for July, which showed the federal government ran a nearly $1.8 trillion deficit through the first 10 months of fiscal year 2026, which runs through the end of September.<\/p>\n
That figure represents an increase of $169 billion when compared with the same 10-month period in fiscal year 2025. Federal spending increased $308 billion from a year ago, outpacing the $139 billion rise in tax receipts.<\/p>\n
CBO also noted it now estimates the budget deficit will rise to $2.1 trillion, up $200 billion from last fiscal year, for the full fiscal year 2026 based on information available through the end of July.<\/p>\n
US NATIONAL DEBT SURPASSES SIZE OF THE ECONOMY FOR FIRST TIME SINCE WORLD WAR II<\/strong><\/p>\n
The federal government is on pace to run a $2.1 trillion budget deficit this year as fiscal year 2026 nears its end.<\/span> (Kevin Carter\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
“CBO expects 2026 outlays to be close to the February baseline amounts. Revenues, by contrast, are anticipated to be about $200 billion below the February projections, mostly because of smaller-than-expected collections of tariff duties \u2013 a result of a Supreme Court ruling handed down after CBO’s baseline was released,” the agency wrote.<\/p>\n
Increased spending was primarily driven by the cost of servicing the federal government’s more than $39 trillion national debt, as well as rising expenses for the government’s three largest mandatory spending programs \u2013 Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.<\/p>\n
Costs related to paying interest on the debt were up $117 billion, or 14%, in the first 10 months of fiscal year 2026 compared with the same period a year ago. The rise was attributed to higher long-term interest rates, as well as the larger national debt.<\/p>\n
NATIONAL DEBT INTEREST AND ENTITLEMENT SPENDING PUSH FY2026 FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT TOWARD $2 TRILLION<\/strong><\/p>\n
Spending on Social Security benefits rose $70 billion, or 5%, from a year ago due to higher average benefits following inflation adjustments and an increase in the number of beneficiaries.<\/p>\n
Medicare costs increased $66 billion, or 8%, from a year ago due to increased enrollment and higher payment rates for healthcare services. Medicaid spending was up $45 billion, or 8%, because of rising costs per enrollee.<\/p>\n
Tax revenue from both payroll and taxes rose by a combined $202 billion, or 5%, compared with a year ago. Withholdings from workers’ paychecks were up $141 billion, or 5%, amid rising wages and salaries. Tax refunds paid to individuals rose $23 billion, or 7%, due to provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).<\/p>\n
WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST BUDGET DEFICITS IN US HISTORY?<\/strong><\/p>\n
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act was passed by Republicans and signed into law by President Donald Trump last year, which affected notable tax policies.<\/span> (Tom Brenner For The Washington Post via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Corporate income tax collections were down $89 billion, or 23%, due to provisions in the OBBBA that expanded deductions for investments and resulted in fewer tax receipts.<\/p>\n
Collections of customs duties including tariffs increased $18 billion, or 13%, compared with the same period a year ago.<\/p>\n
Through April, monthly collections were higher than they were a year ago, but net collections have declined sharply since May when the government began paying out tariff refunds under a Supreme Court ruling from February. CBO noted that about $100 billion in tariff refunds have been issued to date.<\/p>\n
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Maya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), said in a statement that federal borrowing has grown to an “astounding” level and that a deficit on track to surpass $2 trillion when the economy isn’t in a recession “is not normal.”<\/p>\n
“Incredibly, such an enormous level of borrowing barely scratches the surface of our fiscal deterioration,” she explained. “We are about to hit the sobering milestone of $40 trillion in gross national debt, and things are only likely to get worse.”<\/p>\n
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“If lawmakers want to correct our fiscal course, they should start by targeting a reasonable fiscal goal, like 3% of GDP deficits, and then create a bipartisan commission to figure out how we should get there. We can no longer afford to put off the difficult decisions \u2013 the time to act is now,” MacGuineas added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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