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US Federal Government Spending By Year
The confirmed numbers from official sources.

2010 — $3.46 trillion. Post financial crisis. High spending to stabilize economy.
2011 — $3.60 trillion.
2012 — $3.54 trillion.
2013 — $3.45 trillion. Sequestration cuts produced a brief decline.
2014 — $3.50 trillion.
2015 — $3.69 trillion.
2016 — $3.85 trillion.
2017 — $3.98 trillion.
2018 — $4.11 trillion.
2019 — $4.45 trillion.
2020 — $6.55 trillion. COVID emergency spending.
2021 — $6.82 trillion. Continued COVID relief.
2022 — $6.27 trillion. Post COVID normalization.
2023 — $6.13 trillion.
2024 — $6.29 trillion.
2025 — $6.66 trillion.
2026 — Projected over $7 trillion including military spending increase.
The Simple Math
2010 to 2025 spending increased from $3.46 trillion to $6.66 trillion.
That is a 92 percent increase in 15 years.
During the same period US GDP grew from approximately $15 trillion to approximately $29 trillion.
Roughly 93 percent GDP growth.
Spending grew roughly in line with GDP over the full period.
The Important Nuance
The 2013 sequestration was the only period that produced a genuine year over year spending decline.
Every other year since 2010 spending either held flat or increased.
Including under every president. Both parties.
The Honest Post
Here it is:
US federal government spending since 2010.
2010 — $3.46 trillion
2013 — $3.45 trillion — the only year spending actually declined
2019 — $4.45 trillion
2020 — $6.55 trillion — COVID
2021 — $6.82 trillion
2025 — $6.66 trillion
2026 — projected over $7 trillion
From $3.46 trillion to over $7 trillion in 16 years.
More than doubled.
Under Obama. Under Trump. Under Biden. Under Trump again.
Both parties. Every administration.
The spending never stopped.
DOGE cut 271,000 federal jobs.
Spending still went up $370 billion in 2025 compared to 2024.
Because 92 percent of federal spending is Social Security. Medicare. Medicaid. Military. Interest on the debt.
None of that was cut.
None of it can be cut without political consequences neither party is willing to accept.
The $248 trillion in total obligations continues growing.
The interest on the debt alone will exceed $1 trillion annually.
This is not a Democrat problem.
This is not a Republican problem.
This is an arithmetic problem.
The spending does not stop regardless of who wins the election.
The debasement that funds it does not stop.
The fixed supply asset that exists outside every spending decision made in Washington does not care which party controls Congress.
21 million. Forever.
The only number in this entire story that does not go up.
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