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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1983617, member: 38849&quot;]Here&#039;s where the money comes from (2012).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]353980[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And a general summary from cbo.gov</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...The federal government’s fiscal year 2012 has come to a close, and CBO estimates—in its latest <i><a href="http://www.cbo.gov/publication/43656" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cbo.gov/publication/43656" rel="nofollow">Monthly Budget Review</a></i>—that the federal budget deficit for the year was about $1.1 trillion, or 7.0 percent of gross domestic product (GDP).</p><p><br /></p><p>Although the deficit is approximately $200 billion lower than the shortfall recorded in 2011, fiscal year 2012 marks the fourth year in a row with a deficit of more than $1 trillion. As a share of economic output, the deficit has fallen in recent years—from 10.1 percent of GDP in 2009 to 9.0 percent in 2010 and 8.7 percent in 2011.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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