PostsCommentsPayoutsvee.kay (38)in #money • 8 years agoU.S. Federal Government Spending...last weekAn overview of major U.S. Federal Government line item spending from last week... Social Security payments hit $720.7 billion for the fiscal year last week. This is $20.3…vee.kay (38)in #money • 8 years agoU.S. Federal Government Deficit...last weekThe U.S. Federal Government Deficit has risen to $578 billion last week. That is $114 billion over the same time last year. This is slightly narrower than the previous week’s…vee.kay (38)in #deficit • 8 years agoUS Federal Government deficit...As of early June 2016, the size of the US Federal Government's budget deficit stood at $435 billion, growing by more than $113 billion over the same period in 2015 ($322 billion).