The federal budget deficit was $360 billion in the first seven months of fiscal year 2022,

[Tony_FLADEM]

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[gratuitous]

1. This should make the Republicans really happy, shouldn't it?

Aren't they all about the deficit? Or do they lose their appetite for the subject when it comes down under a Democratic president? I hope the media don't ask them about this (they won't), because it would probably make them as unhappy and uncomfortable as they are about critical race theory.

[Turbineguy]

2. That's almost a Republican amount.

[PoliticAverse]

4. Cause they stopped giving mega-billions under the guise of covid to the wealthy. n/t

[RussellCattle]

5. Odd graph. Bigger deficits read lower on the chart. Not the usual practice.

[questionseverything]

6. Because the top of chart is for the sur plus

That we haven’t had since Clinton

[RussellCattle]

8. Thats it, which is both true and really sad. I love asking my RWNJ friends if they knew who was.....

.....the last president who has a budget surplus. The big dog himself.

[JT45242]

7. Misleading graph

Running this the way it is presented will make people think 2022:is the worst and trending higher.

This graph (when you know you are showing deficits) should show deficit going upward.

Wainer and other graphing experts like Cleveland, Few, etc would say this is deliberately misleading because height is the most salient feature.