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The Bill Is Coming Due — And Nobody Wants to Hear It
The Bill Is Coming Due — And Nobody Wants to Hear It
Governor DeSantis said it plainly this week in Kentucky: Interest payments on the national debt now eclipse defense spending. Our national debt is projected to reach a record $64 trillion by 2036 — triple the pre-COVID figure. Twenty-eight states have already passed resolutions supporting a federal balanced budget amendment. Every state except Vermont has a balanced budget requirement in its constitution. It's time Congress lived by the same rules the rest of us do.
I've been watching this slow-motion train wreck for a long time.
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