Source: Department of Numbers
“Thus, it should be understood that when pro-US figures use the term, 'rules-based international order,' they are not referring to anything analogous to the rule of law. Quite the opposite, they are using Orwellian language to describe a system in which essentially no rules can be established and/or observed, given that the dominant state has the prerogative to violate and/or rewrite “rules” at its whim.” Aaron Good, American Exception
Source: Department of Numbers
Income Tax revenue is taking a drop commensurate with the kind of slump which we are experiencing in domestic GDP.
But there is a bull market in government spending. This does not include much of the support being given to Wall Street banks and other 'off balance sheet' shenanigans.
Thanks to Escape From America Magazine for these charts.