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The $40 Trillion Question: Who Pays the Interest? l The Flow: Commentary by Bob Martin
The national debt just hit $40 trillion — and one new law is about to add a tenth of that number all by itself. Here's the math nobody in Washington wants to say out loud.
In this new episode of The Flow, Bob Martin breaks down what the $40 trillion debt milestone actually means and why the interest alone is now devouring the federal budget. He walks through the CBO's own numbers on the 2025 tax and spending law, showing how $3.4 trillion in new deficits plus $718 billion in interest adds up to $4.1 trillion — more than 10% of America's entire debt accumulated since George Washington took…
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