the desert and put back into operation. what does that mean for us? well, older planes and more perhaps delays and cancellations, that s certainly not going to help the satisfaction level of pilots or of fliers, i should say. pilots either, probably. 49,000 complaints sent to the faa in the first three months of last year, john. that was a 27% increase and i suspect this year is not going to be any prettier. john: wow, the problems just keep mounting. thankfully the pilots have not demanded to work from home yet, jeff, good to talk to you. sandra. sandra: ok. so, jeff, by the way, hello to you, always love getting jeff flock on the air. live at the white house, by the way, john, you owe me a beer, because the white house briefing has indeed begun and jen granholm, our energy secretary is now speaking. we ll dip into the briefing as soon as karine jean-pierre
monitoring the energy secretary jen granholm, she s been up there for a few minutes and john, she has been blaming republicans for our inflation crisis that has been created under the last two years of this presidency. she says house republicans, and quoting her directly, economic agenda is higher gas prices, higher middle class taxes, higher inflation, higher drug costs. she says the president has been singularly focused on lowering energy costs saying there is nothing standing in the way of domestic gas and oil and gas production in the country, it s the republicans agenda she said is backwards. john, also a moment she seemed to have a tough time finding her words when she talked about our immense strategic petroleum reserve and the use to bring down gas prices, she defended that by saying we are now going to buy back that oil at prices low than we sold it. which is an interesting moment
America’s “monthly federal deficit hit a record $249 billion in November $57 billion more than the same month last year with federal spending also hitting new heights in consecutive months, while tax revenues dropped,” reports the London Daily Mail.
America's "monthly federal deficit hit a record $249 billion in November - $57 billion wider than the same month last year - with federal spending also hitting new heights in consecutive months, while tax revenues dropped," reports the London Daily Mail: The deficit is $57 billion higher than it was in November of 2021 - which is a record-breaking year-on-year change. Federal spending is up $28 billion from last year to $501 billion in November 2022, according to the Treasury Department.revenues are down $13billion year-to-year to $252 billion.