President Obama's 2012 budget proposal

As usual, the revenue (green) projections are wildly optimistic. Fiscal 2011 projected revenues are $2.17 trillion while the white house is projecting over $3 trillion in revenue for fiscal 2013. A 50% increase? Ha.

Per the WSJ:

FY 2011 projected revenue: $2.174 Trillion
FY 2011 projected spending: $3.819 Trillion
FY 2011 projected deficit: $1.645 Trillion
Spending as a % of GDP: 25.3%
Deficit as a % of GDP: 10.9%

FY 2012 projected revenue: $2.627 Trillion
FY 2012 projected spending: $3.729 Trillion
FY 2012 projected deficit: $1.101 Trillion
Spending as a % of GDP: 23.6%
Deficit as a % of GDP: 7.0%

FY 2013 projected revenue: $3.003 Trillion
FY 2013 projected spending: $3.771 Trillion
FY 2013 projected deficit: $768 Billion
Spending as a % of GDP: 22.5%
Deficit as a % of GDP: 4.6%

FY 2014 projected revenue: $3.333 Trillion
FY 2014 projected spending $3.977 Trillion
FY 2014 projected deficit: $645 Billion
Spending as a % of GDP: 22.4%
Deficit as a % of GDP: 3.6%

FY 2015 projected revenue: $3.583 Trillion
FY 2015 projected spending: $4.190 Trillion
FY 2015 projected deficit: $607 Billion
Spending as a % of GDP: 22.3%
Deficit as a % of GDP: 3.2%

I will be keeping this forecast for our record books. I can't wait to see how the Ministry of Plenty will be playing with these numbers by 2013.