Showing posts with label deficit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deficit. Show all posts
Monday, June 15, 2026

The Federal Debt Hurts Americans Right Now

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Many posts have discussed federal deficits and the federal debt . Martha Gimbel at The Atlantic : What should matter is that the conseque...
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Debt Matters

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Many posts  have  discussed  federal  deficits  and the  federal debt . Neil Irwin at Axios reports on federal debt exceeding 100% of GDP. C...
Sunday, May 3, 2026

Spending, Taxes, and Deficits: A Book of Charts from Brookings

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Many posts  have  discussed  federal  deficits  and the  federal debt . Jessica Riedl at Brookings : Debates over federal taxes, spending, a...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Immigrants, the Budget, and Social Security

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Many   posts  have  discussed   immigration .   David J. Bier, Michael Howard, and Julián Salazar at Cato: This paper updates a model of the...
Friday, February 13, 2026

Deficit and Debt 2026

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Many posts  have  discussed  federal  deficits  and the  federal debt . Like  previous efforts  to reduce the deficit by cutting " wast...
Sunday, February 8, 2026

Social Security Trust Fund Runs Empty IN JUST SIX YEARS

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Many posts  have  discussed   Social Security  and  Medicare . Mark J. Warshawsky at AEI: Despite repeated warnings over the last three dec...
Thursday, August 7, 2025

Four Point One Trillion

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  Many posts  have  discussed  federal  deficits  and the  federal debt . CBO: CBO responds to a request from Senator Merkley for informatio...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Blowing Up the Federal Debt

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  Many posts  have  discussed  federal  deficits  and the  federal debt . Sahil Kapur at NBC: President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill...
Sunday, April 13, 2025

Deficit 2025

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  Many posts  have  discussed  federal  deficits  and the  federal debt . Fatima Hussein at AP: The U.S. budget deficit has grown to more th...
Sunday, March 30, 2025

Long Term Deficit and Debt

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  Many posts  have  discussed  federal  deficits  and the  federal debt . CBO, The Long-Term Budget Outlook: 2025 to 2055 . Debt In CBO’s pr...
Thursday, February 6, 2025

The DOGE Dodge

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Americans vastly overestimate the amount of waste in the budget Brian Riedl: “Why aren’t you cheering Trump & DOGE? I thought you wanted...
Sunday, December 15, 2024

Spending Is Easier Than Cutting

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Americans vastly overestimate the amount of waste in the budget , and underestimate the difficulty of spending cuts.  Bruce Mehlman: Growi...
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Thirty-Five Trillion in Debt

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Many posts  have  discussed  federal  deficits  and the  federal debt . Alan Rappeport at NYT : America’s gross national debt topped $35 tri...
Saturday, July 20, 2024

The Politics of the Federal Debt

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Many posts  have  discussed  federal  deficits  and the  federal debt . Brian Riedl nails it at Reason : Paradoxically, the faster governmen...
Saturday, May 11, 2024

Interest on the Debt

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Many posts  have  discussed  federal  deficits  and the  federal debt . From the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: In the first se...
Saturday, March 9, 2024

Budget Infographic, Fiscal 2023

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  Many posts  have  discussed  federal  deficits  and the  federal debt . From CBO :
Monday, March 4, 2024

The Fiscal Future Is Not Bright

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Many posts  have  discussed  federal  deficits  and the  federal debt . Mark J. Warshawsky at AEI: Last week, the Treasury Department releas...
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Debt 2023: $33T

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Alan Rappeport at NYT: America’s gross national debt exceeded $33 trillion for the first time on Monday, providing a stark reminder of the...
Monday, July 3, 2023

Deficit and Debt 2023

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Many posts  have  discussed  federal  deficits  and the  federal debt .  From CBO : Each year, the Congressional Budget Office publishes a r...
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Debt Limit Warning

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  From CBO : The debt limit —commonly called the debt ceiling—is the maximum amount of debt that the Department of the Treasury can issue t...