“Debt And Inflation Threaten U.S. Security” – Wall Street Journal Feb 22, 2022.
The U.S. national debt is plowing higher and the interest expense on that debt is mushrooming.. Our elected leaders in Washington have absolutely no politically feasible plan on the table to set America back on course.
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Annual Interest Rate Payment on Government Debt: $850 Billion and Rising Fast
At the current pace, interest on US government debt will soon hit one trillion dollars.
Mish – Feb 5, 2023 – Excerpt:
BEA Chart (h/t Mish) – Annualized interest on US national debt
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Interest Payments On Treasury Debt Up 29% YoY
ZeroHedge, Mar 22, 2023 – Excerpts:
Here is a follow-up on last week’s chart with some excellent granular detail.
Interest payments on the national debt during the current fiscal year (October to February) are up 29 percent y/y, one of the fastest-growing expenditure components of the Federal budget (see table below).
Revenues are down, especially individual income taxes, which may reflect the slowing economy.
Theory dictates (ceteris paribus) that government tax revenues should be rising with inflation, however. Hmmm.
The overall deficit is exploding, btw, up 50 percent.
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America’s national security is on the line. And our Republican and Democrat representatives in Washington, D.C. have no politically-feasible, economically responsible plan to get America’s massive debt back under control.
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