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Treasury plans to borrow $3 trillion from April through June as enormous coronavirus costs pile up
WaPo ^ | 05-04-2020 | Rachel Siegel

Posted on 05/04/2020 12:13:10 PM PDT by NRx

The Treasury Department plans to borrow $2.99 trillion from April through June to cover the federal government’s massive response to the coronavirus pandemic, issuing a tremendous level of debt to try and limit the economic impact on U.S. businesses and workers.

Last year, Treasury borrowed $1.28 trillion over 12 months. The $3 trillion in borrowing Treasury plans to do now would be done over just three months.

Congress has approved nearly $3 trillion in new spending in the past two months to try and arrest the economic fallout of the crisis. Because revenue levels are falling, Treasury is planning to issue large amounts of debt to cover these costs.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: debt; deficit
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Breaking news. This will likely expand shortly. It's pretty sad when I am more solvent than the United States Government.
1 posted on 05/04/2020 12:13:10 PM PDT by NRx
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To: NRx

Appalling misuse of the trust of American citizens.


2 posted on 05/04/2020 12:14:43 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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To: NRx

How many Zero’s will they add to Colored Coupons come winter time? at this rate we will All be Millionaire’s by Christmas!


3 posted on 05/04/2020 12:15:57 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: NRx

Hyper-inflation here we come


4 posted on 05/04/2020 12:16:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: NRx

What happened to the trillions we spent on the War on Terror? Or the War on Drugs? Or the War on Poverty?

Plus the 48 trillion of unfunded liabilities.

Isn’t there some 800 number they can call for help with this addiction?


5 posted on 05/04/2020 12:17:35 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: NRx

Our nation is bankrupt. Plan accordingly.


6 posted on 05/04/2020 12:19:08 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: NRx

Is it really borrowing when the Federal Reserve just prints money to buy it?


7 posted on 05/04/2020 12:19:35 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: P.O.E.

Some people got very rich on the stupid, endless wars.


8 posted on 05/04/2020 12:19:55 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: NRx

We’ve got to spend the money, to make the money...


9 posted on 05/04/2020 12:20:20 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: P.O.E.
"Isn’t there some 800 number they can call for help with this addiction?"

The first step in recovery is admitting you have an addiction. Won't happen.

10 posted on 05/04/2020 12:20:47 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Also LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: mylife

[[We’ve got to spend the money, to make the money...]]

Yes, but after decades of spending, there should coem a point in time that we actually make more than we spend in order to be profitable-


11 posted on 05/04/2020 12:23:02 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: NRx

Are other countries doing this?


12 posted on 05/04/2020 12:23:41 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: NRx

Can’t be helped. That’s the way it is.


13 posted on 05/04/2020 12:24:13 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Bob434

I don’t know how anyone can see this as sustainable.


14 posted on 05/04/2020 12:25:16 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife
I don’t know how anyone can see this as sustainable.

It's not sustainable.

15 posted on 05/04/2020 12:26:24 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Trumpisourlastchance
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16 posted on 05/04/2020 12:28:35 PM PDT by NRx (A man of honor passes his father's civilization to his son without surrendering it to strangers.)
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To: NRx

Thanks to Dr Death Fauci and “The Scarf” Birx.
Our economy has tanked and we are now seeing food shortages.


17 posted on 05/04/2020 12:28:58 PM PDT by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: BenLurkin

Hyper-inflation here we come

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Fundamentally it should cause inflation. However, today, why would it? Who’s currency is ours going to devalue against? Who’s stronger?


18 posted on 05/04/2020 12:29:57 PM PDT by TiGuy22
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To: NRx

AND...we’ll borrow the money from...Yes!...CHINA!


19 posted on 05/04/2020 12:31:14 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: originalbuckeye
Appalling misuse of the trust of American citizens.

yep! The Clovid scare isn’t going away anytime soon. It’s too much of a windfall for researchers and government departments who claim they will need the money to supposedly keep us safe. Then to top it off; they’ll need even more money added to the bill to try and prevent a future occurrence of something they can’t even predict.

20 posted on 05/04/2020 12:31:34 PM PDT by voicereason (The RNC is like the "one-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
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