Lol both of those articles are written by rightwing morons like you. Raw dollars is not a real revenue measurement.
“Measured in nominal dollars, revenues
always increase when the economy is growing, so the fact that nominal revenues were higher last year than the year before tells us nothing useful about whether current tax policy is bringing in enough revenue to meet our needs. More meaningful measures, however, clearly show that no matter how you cut it, revenues are low”
- As a share of GDP: Revenues as a share of GDP were 16.3 percent in 2019 – more than a percentage point below the 50-year average (17.4 percent) and the lowest they have been in the past half century except in the aftermaths of the past two recessions.”
In a recent hearing, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel presented the agency’s updated Budget and Economic Outlook. The report shows a darkening fiscal future, with trillion-dollar deficits and near-record debt levels persisting through the next decade.
budget.house.gov