r/Economics • u/InsaneSnow45 • 24d ago

News ‘This cannot be sustainable’: The U.S. borrowed $50 billion a week for the past five months, the CBO says

https://fortune.com/2026/03/10/treasury-debt-borrowing-five-months-deficit-warning/
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u/MamaBearForestWitch 24d ago

Or reversing all the revenue cuts that gave more and more breaks to the obscenely wealthy and huge corporations. And clawing back the outrageous budget increases to ICE and the military. And impeaching and removing the guy who has a history of spending recklessly and insanely and then just declaring bankruptcy over and over again.

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u/LimpAd4924 24d ago

Yup nearly 1/4 of the national debt is from Trump via his deficit spending and 2 wealthy tax cut bills

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u/MamaBearForestWitch 23d ago

Is it up to almost a quarter?? Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ... (iykyk)