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Now North of $1.3 Trillion Dollars

By Children’s Home Society of Florida Foundation

The federal fiscal year for 2010 concluded on September 30^th. The Office of Management and Budget and Department of Treasury have released the official figures for fiscal year 2010. The deficit was $1.294 trillion.

Geithner Speaks

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner noted that the cost of the financial rescue of banks and automotive companies was lower than expected. He stated, “By carefully managing the emergency initiatives to stop the financial panic and by accelerating our exit from those investments, we have significantly lowered the cost to taxpayers, bringing the costs of the financial rescue down by more than $240 billion this year.”

TARP

The Troubled Asset Recovery Program (TARP) cost to Treasury was $9 billion in 2010. During this year, the Federal Government also spent $52.6 billion to support the housing industry through troubled lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

Deficit Concerns

The deficit declined slightly from 10% in 2009 to 8.9% of the 2010 gross domestic product (GDP). Tax receipts for 2010 were $2.16 trillion or 14.9% of the economy. Government expenditures were $3.45 trillion or 23.8% of the economy. Senate Budget Committee Ranking Minority Member Judd Gregg (R-NH) expressed concern about this deficit and noted, “These abrupt and shocking changes in our fiscal situation cannot be dismissed as “inherited” problems when the tally of the majority’s spending spree has climbed into the trillions.”

Assessment

The Fiscal Commission appointed by President Barack Obama is developing a plan to reduce the deficit. The target for the Fiscal Commission is to reduce the current 8.9% GDP deficit down to 3% of GDP within five years.

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