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The Forces Fueling America's 45-Year Debt Addiction

In 1980, America's publicly held debt reached more than $712 billion (about $2.8 trillion in 2025 dollars), or roughly 25% of annual U.S. GDP. Today, that figure is a little over $30 trillion, or ...
America's debt mountain is eye-watering. The interest alone costs $1.21 trillion annually— 17% of total federal spending.
The Brightline has been hailed as the future of high-speed rail in the United States, but it has one big, unignorable problem.
The U.S. national debt has surged past $38 trillion - roughly 125% of GDP, the highest level since World War II. Analysts ...
The U.S. government's gross national debt has surpassed $38 trillion during the federal shutdown, marking a record high.
Amid the nearly four-week-long federal government shutdown, a U.S. Department of the Treasury report released last week found that the U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $38 trillion, ...