Get the Facts: How Big Is the U.S. National Debt?

Get the Facts: How big is the U.S. national debt?

The Republican tax cut and spending bill has raised concerns on how it could add to the U.S. national debt. But exactly how big is the U.S. national debt?

(update) With Trump's bill, ICE will be larger than many of the world's armies?

Senate passes Trump’s class-war bill to cut taxes for the rich and wreck Medicaid. Schooley‬‪@schooley.bsky.social‬ Credit where it's due. The stunt will draw attention to what's going on there from people that might not have been otherwise aware. How...

Republicans resurrect Reagan's welfare queen myth to justify giving billionaires trillions while starving the poor

The Senate voted to pass what President Donald Trump called the “big, beautiful bill” on Tuesday. The House is now ready to send it to Trump’s desk in time for his Fourth of July deadline. This massive spending bill includes major cuts to social programs that help poor Americans while giving huge tax breaks to wealthy people and big companies. According to MSNBC, the bill continues a long pattern in American politics of cutting help for the poor…

IMF Warns Trump Tax Bill Complicates Cutting Debt in Medium Term

The International Monetary Fund warned that President Donald Trump’s tax bill nearing final passage on Thursday is likely to complicate the task of reducing the US fiscal deficit and debt burden in the coming years.

IMF:U.S. tax/spending bill would add to fiscal deficit, runs counter to reducing deficit

IMF cautions on U.S. tax/spending bill impact on deficit, economic forecast in July update

The GOP’s massive bill would add trillions of dollars to the country’s debt

The massive tax cut and spending bill passed by the Senate this week is expected to add trillions of dollars over the next decade to an already hefty federal debt.The precise level of additional red ink depends on the forecast. The Yale Budget Lab says it would add $3 trillion over the next 10 years, while the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates it would add $3.4 trillion. Meanwhile, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget puts th…