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![DanCollins2011 Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::496000129.png) Dan Collins [@DanCollins2011](/creator/twitter/DanCollins2011) on x 16.8K followers
Created: 2025-07-11 19:11:53 UTC

Wow. We have not had a monthly surplus since 2005. 

Is something going on? Shifting to tax on consumption through tariffs is working? (We are a consumption economy would make sense to tax it) 

Too early to say, but a very interesting data point.


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