Fun With FedMath
Figures on Government Spending and Debt:
Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government’s fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.
Total public debt subject to limit Dec. 28 7,475,601
Statutory debt limit 8,184,000
Total public debt outstanding Dec. 28 7,536,268
Operating balance Dec. 28 30,513
Interest fiscal 2005 thru Nov. 33,336
Interest same period 2004 32,604
Deficit fiscal 2005 thru Nov. 115,173
Total deficit fiscal 2004 412,284
Receipts fiscal 2005 thru Nov. 271,447
Receipts same period 2004 254,032
Outlays fiscal 2005 thru Nov. 386,620
Outlays same period 2004 366,549
Gold assets in Dec. 11,043
Emphasis added. Of course, these figures are probably useless.