2024-09-07 11:18:37
The U.S. federal deficit in the current fiscal year (last 11 months) is $1.517 trillion, not $3 trillion. According to U.S. fiscal data, this is $97 billion less than the same period in the previous year. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(10-0-22) Author
2024-09-07 13:22:42
NNN - The author is quoting Elon Musk, who does not specify a year when the deficit was $3 trillion. While the federal deficit has been projected to rise significantly, it has not reached $3 trillion in recent years, that last time being 2020 and around $3 trillion in 2021. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(3-1-5) Author
2024-09-07 17:42:13
Elon mostly accurate on his estimate of the federal deficit. For fiscal year 2024, U.S. federal revenue is projected to be approximately $4.9 tril, federal expenditures' projected to be 6.9 tril, leaving a deficit of $1.9 tril. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(5-1-4) Author
2024-09-07 18:51:44
NNN. The date of this video is shown in top left corner, Dec 7, 2021. The deficit was $2.8 trillion at that time, as reported by the congressional budget office. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(9-0-1) Author