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Interest costs on the national debt just surpassed spending on defense, Medicare
FOX Business· 4 days agoIn fact, interest costs have topped spending on veterans, education and transportation combined....
In Defense of Defense Spending
The Dispatch via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoThe stark budgetarily reality is that mounting Social Security and Medicare shortfalls (rising from $650 billion this year to $2.2 trillion a decade from...
Imagine if the government offered dental care. New federal rule could make that a reality.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe deficit in dental coverage is immense: Nearly 69 million U.S. adults did not have dental...
Warren Buffett is wrong on taxes
The Escanaba Daily Press· 4 days agoMany people have made money by following the advice of Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Speaking at his company’s annual hedge fund shareholders gathering, Buffett predicted the government ...
Will the Fed Lose Control?
Ludwig von Mises Institute· 7 days agoAccording to new reports from the Social Security and Medicare trustees, Social Security and a Medicare fund that pays for hospital expenses will both begin ...
Republicans’ appetite for government: Most want expansion, not cuts, of entitlement programs
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWell over half of Republicans (56%) would like to see the federal government do more to support the...
U.S. debt by president: dollar and percentage 2024
Consumer Affairs· 5 days agoNational debt, also known as federal debt or public debt, is the historical accumulation of the U.S. federal government’s financial obligations. The national debt increases when the federal ...
Back to the Debate Stage
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWe could cut SNAP, means-tested welfare payments, and foreign aid to $0 and not even eliminate the annual deficit. So, a multiple-choice question. Should...
Trump’s immigration plan could add trillions of dollars to national debt, fueling inflation and...
Market Watch· 4 days agoRelated: Extending the Trump tax cuts could ‘run the deficit into the stratosphere.’ Trump has...
Soaring debt and deficits causing worry about threats to the economy and markets
CNBC· 2 days agoA view shows the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2024. Government debt that has swelled...
