

Source: Department of Numbers
"Senators disturb us by reminding us of the possibility of large numbers swarming from China; but the answer to all this is obvious and very simple. If the Chinese come here, they will come for citizenship or merely for labor. If they come for citizenship, then in this desire do they give a pledge of loyalty to our institutions; and where is the peril in such vows? They are peaceful and industrious; how can their citizenship be the occasion of solicitude?"
Senator Charles Sumner, 1870


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.