Posts Tagged ‘National Debt’

The U.S. federal debt is ballooning and expected to exceed U.S. gross-domestic product by 2035 – a bleak projection that even has officials at the Congressional Budget Office admitting that, if something isn’t done to curb the nation’s financial woes, our debt could soon spell worldwide financial disaster. The Hill has the details: The United…

When interest rates on our debt suddenly balloon, our nation will be facing even greater economic difficulties unless Congress enacts a solution. Fortunately, there are members of Congress like freshman Senator David Perdue of Georgia who know the value of a dollar and how frivolously we as a nation are managing our books. The Daily Signal has…

A financial historian who has been writing for decades about economics says it’s time to stop incurring debt otherwise we will soon find our proverbial credit card has been declined. TIME has the commentary: We owe more than we can easily repay. We spend too much and borrow too much. Worse, we promise too much.…

Government watchdog Citizens Against Government Waste released its annual “Pig Book,” detailing programs and earmarks that fall under six types of criteria, including spending that is not specifically authorized and spending that is not the subject of congressional hearings. WWMT.com has the details: The Appalachian Regional Commission got $51 million, even though the highway and…

Standing at more than $19 trillion, U.S. national debt has nearly doubled during President Obama’s seven years in office – a number that should cause our commander in chief to sound the alarm, not shrug it off. Read Sen. Coats’ comments: In his final State of the Union address earlier this year, President Obama stated…