US Government Spent $165.04 Billion in July 2010 … Trade Gap Widens

Welcome to the Obama economy …

ARE YOU SERIOUS!!! The U.S. government just spent  $169.5 billion, the second highest for the month on record. Oh but wait, the economic news gets even worse in the Obama economy … The trade gap widened 19% from a month earlier as Imports Jump, Exports Sag in Sign U.S. Upturn Is Slowing; Demand Rises for Foreign-Made Autos, Electronics Goods.

The U.S. government spent itself deeper into the red last month, paying nearly $20 billion in interest on debt and an additional $9.8 billion to help unemployed Americans.

Federal spending eclipsed revenue for the 22nd straight time, the Treasury Department said Wednesday. The $165.04 billion deficit, while a bit smaller than the $169.5 billion shortfall expected by economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires, was the second highest for the month on record. The highest was $180.68 billion in July 2009.

The government usually runs a deficit during July, which is the 10th month of the fiscal year. So far in fiscal 2010, the government spent $1.169 trillion more than it made. That figure is about $98 billion lower than during the comparable period a year earlier.

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Years of deficit spending by Washington have led to a mounting national debt. Interest payments so far in fiscal 2010 amount to $185.25 billion; by contrast, corporate taxes collected by the government during the same 10 months were $139.71 billion. Interest payments in July alone were $19.9 billion.