Americans Spent More on Taxes Than Clothing and Food Combined in 2017

"With the United States federal budget deficit currently reaching comical levels – the August deficit of $214.1 billion pushed the deficit for the first 11 months of the budget year 2018 to $898.1 billion, 33 percent higher than the same period a year ago – it doesn’t seem to be a stretch to say that not before long, Americans will be paying more for government than EVERYTHING else combined."