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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
A bill to invest 831 billion dollars into US infrastructure, education, health, and renewable energy. -
The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
Obamacare was signed into law in order to provide afforable health care to the general US population. It is projected by the GAO to add 6.2 trillion dollars to the federal deficit. Youtube Link -
Trade deficit with China for 2010= $273,041
In 2010 we exported $91,911,100,000 and imported $364,952,600,000 to and from China. In total we had a deficit of $-273,041,600,000. <ahref='http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html' >census.gov</a>Trade deficit = $273,041 -
Trade deficit with China for 2011
In 2011 we exported $103,986,500,000 and imported $399,378,900,000 to and from China. In total we had a deficit of $ -295,392,400,000. <ahref='http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html' >Trade with China</a> -
Trade deficit with China for 2012
In 2012 we exported $110,483,600,000 and imported $425,578,900,000 to and from China. In total we had a trade deficit of $ -315,095,300,000. <ahref='http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html' >Trade with China</a> -
Gov Shutdown
The delay on the agreement of the budget led to the shutdown of many government funded agencies. http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/30/politics/government-shutdown-up-to-speed/
video: http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/10/government-shutdown-2013-what-s-changing-what-s-not-94706.html -
Trade deficit with China for 2013
Last year we exported $108,933,400,000 and imported $402,876,600,000 to and from China. In total we had a trade deficit of $-293,943,100,000. <ahref='http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html' >Trade with China</a> -
Bonds
2014 was projected to be a bad year for bonds but recent money flowing back into bonds says otherwise http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/22/investing/bonds-outperform-stocks/index.html
