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At the moment, the United States just recently ticked over $36 trillion in debt … and in the time it took you to read those words the interest on the debt went up another $100,000. How did we get...
24/7 Insights The total annual budget of the United States runs into the trillions.  Surprisingly, national defense isn’t the biggest money spender.  Social Security accounts for the most sizable...
Yesterday, news broke that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) focused on radically restructuring federal spending during Donald...
The current United States national debt is $35.8 trillion and increasing by another trillion dollars every 100 days from spending and interest, no matter who is president. To make those numbers even...
24/7 Insights The United States was debt-free in 1835, during President Jackson’s time in office. He accomplished it by selling vast amounts of land, implementing tariffs, and limiting spending....
Of all the lies, scandals, crimes, and other issues with the Trump presidency, one thing that many people forget is his extreme contribution to the national debt. But how bad is it? #1 The Debt...
Today the U.S. national debt is over $35 trillion, representing $104,303 for every American citizen. The debt grows by about $4.5 million every minute. The interest alone costs $2.4 billion a day....
The federal government of the United States has carried some level of debt every year since George Washington’s first term as president. But while the national debt is as old as the country itself,...