U.S. Budget vs. Family Budget

If a median-income American family spent money like the U.S. government, it would have spent all of its earnings, and then put nearly $20,000 on the credit card in 2022 even though it was already $447,000 in debt.

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Updated March 9, 2023

Source: Congressional Budget Office

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