Must be time for another tax cut.
Everything I've read states that the way the weekends work, November looks way worse than it actually is. In other words, expenditures not really intended for November fell in the month due to the way the weekends fell. Overall, the deficit is up, but not that much.
This happens every month one way or another. Remember April of 2018 setting a record surplus, even though then entire year ended up being a mini-disaster debtwise?
It works the other way too. November 2018 could look like a disaster at first blush, but really is not.
Tax revenues at an all time high and the deficit continues to spiral out of control.
They almost always are. Except for the recession and associated hangover, revenues are at an "all-time" high every year due to nominal growth and inflation. To wit, revenue was at an all-time high in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.
Spending is definitely a problem. But the reduction in otherwise normal revenue growth due to tax cuts is also a problem.