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America's Endless Federal Deficits


America's Endless Federal Deficits | City Journal

About 98% of the increase in Federal spending over the last 60 years sans stimulus is Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security & Interest. The problem is lack of tax ...

National Deficit | U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data

A budget deficit occurs when money going out (spending ) exceeds money coming in (revenue ) during a defined period. In FY 2024, the federal government spent $ ...

The U.S. National Debt Dilemma | Council on Foreign Relations

Years of elevated budget deficits, exacerbated by massive federal spending during the COVID-19 pandemic, have taken the debt to historic levels: ...

Is the United States' borrowing binge about to burst?

By 2023 the ratio of federal debt to GDP stood at 97 percent — which means that almost as much Treasury debt remained outstanding as the size of ...

Public Debt for Every American - Federal Budget in Pictures

Debt Limit Appears Unlimited · Biden-Harris Inflated Deficits · Two Centuries of Debt in Four Years · Interest Costs Adding Up · Federal Revenue vs Spending · Social ...

Deficit Tracker - Bipartisan Policy Center

Even as the U.S. economy expands, the federal government continues to run large and growing budget deficits that will soon exceed $1 trillion per…

How Worried Should You Be About The U.S. Debt And Deficit?

High debt levels and wide deficits could increase borrowing costs. As the federal deficit grows, so does the need to issue Treasury securities.

Deficit reduction in the United States - Wikipedia

CBO estimated that the U.S. will have a post-WW2 record budget deficit of nearly $4 trillion in fiscal year 2020 (17.9% GDP), due to measures to combat the ...

Debt Fixer | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

The debt will be fueled by endless annual federal budget deficits (the difference between spending and revenue). The deficit is forecast to be $1.9 trillion ...

Deficits, Debt and Markets: Myths vs. Realities - Charles Schwab

The continued running of deficits each year has boosted U.S. federal government debt to more than $34 trillion, or about 120% of U.S. GDP, as ...

So it's come to this: We might have to worry about the deficit - Vox

America rarely has its financial ducks in a row. But the 2023 deficit ... The runway isn't endless. The Social Security trust fund is ...

5 facts about the U.S. national debt - Pew Research Center

Public concern about federal spending is on the rise. In a new Pew Research Center survey about the public's policy priorities, 57% of Americans ...

Publications & Cost Estimates - Congressional Budget Office

In CBO's projections, the deficit totals nearly $2 trillion this year. Large deficits push federal debt held by the public to 122 percent of GDP in 2034.

The national debt is over $34 trillion. It's time to tell the truth about ...

For most of American history, until the mid-1970s, annual federal spending and revenue were roughly in balance—the exceptions being in wartime.

A Comprehensive Federal Budget Plan to Avert a Debt Crisis

Social Security and Medicare face a combined $124 trillion cash deficit over the next 30 years. The national debt is projected to soar past 165% ...

Reviving Federalism to Tackle the Government Debt Crisis

To avert a debt crisis, America should take advantage of its federal structure and decentralize most government programs. This study reviews ...

Trillion-Dollar Deficits Don't Make America Great

Ten years ago, the federal government reached a dismal milestone: a one-year deficit of $1 trillion. Now, like too many movie franchises, ...

Unsustainable Budget Deficits

By 2054, the federal budget deficit is projected to be 9.1 percent of GDP. That is over three times the 50-year average, and would represent one-ninth of the ...

Deficit Doubling as US Economy Grows Shows Why Yields Are at 5%

In a year when the US economy exceeded almost everybody's expectations, the underlying federal deficit roughly doubled, spotlighting a dire ...

Why the National Debt Matters for Housing | Bipartisan Policy Center

Over the next 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office projects that, absent action, the federal government will add another $20 trillion of ...