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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for September 29, 2017
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
September 29, 2017: The federal government’s 2017 Fiscal Year ends tomorrow, September 30. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that total spending this year will be just over the $4 trillion mark, an increase of $155 billion from Fiscal Year 2016.[1]
The spending will be covered by $3.3 trillion in taxes and $693 billion in deficit spending.
Looking ahead, the CBO expects federal spending to grow every year for the next decade and beyond.
An earlier Number of The Day showed that federal spending has grown consistently for decades, partly because political leaders use targeted terminology to hide the growth.
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- September 28, 2017 – 64 percent of Americans believe football players should stand during national anthem
- September 27, 2017 – 295 years ago today, the Father of the American Revolution was born
- September 26, 2017 – 65 noteworthy endorsements in Alabama Senate primary
- September 25, 2017 – 8 years ago today, protests erupted against the proposed bank bailouts
- September 22, 2017 – 48% of Democrats call themselves liberal
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