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How Boomers voted the next generation a $40 trillion debt??? and counting
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (800+ words) How Boomers voted the next generation a $40 trillion debt — and counting fortune.com How Boomers voted the next generation a $40 trillion debt, and counting The United States’ national debt crossed $40 trillion last month. Five months earlier, in March, the more…...
Commentary: At $40 trillion in debt, Washington is stealing from younger generations
2+ week, 4+ day ago (48+ words) Itemlive August 25, 2026 by Guest Commentary The national debt now exceeds $40 trillion. That equals roughly $117,000 for every man, woman, and child in the United States. The number is shocking, but the direction…...
America Can't Outgrow $40 Trillion in Debt
2+ week, 4+ day ago (152+ words) Stabilizing the federal debt through growth alone would require 7.3 percent annual real GDP growth. Nothing in our history suggests that’s remotely plausible. Using the same assumptions underlying the 7.3 percent estimate — an initial debt-to-GDP ratio of 125 percent, an average effective interest…...
How The U.S. Racked Up Its $40 Trillion Debt
2+ week, 4+ day ago (112+ words) Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Kevin Williamson, and Mike Warren to discuss the U.S. crossing the $40 trillion debt threshold and the prospect of “growing our way out of it.” —Kevin explains how we got here —What would Paul Ryan…...
Opinion: Tackling the national debt requires both budget reform and fraud crackdowns
2+ week, 4+ day ago (75+ words) In the next 10 years, our gross federal debt will rise from $40 trillion to nearly $64 trillion...
You Can't Grow Your Way Out of $40 Trillion in Debt
2+ week, 5+ day ago (925+ words) The national debt has now crossed a threshold that once seemed almost unimaginable: $40 trillion. This gross figure includes approximately $7 trillion in intragovernmental debt, money the federal government technically owes to its own trust funds such as Social Security and Medicare....
Federal debt is driving us to ruin
2+ week, 5+ day ago (141+ words) By Bob Sweeney, Warwick, R.I. Monday, Aug. 24, 2026 | 2 a.m. The national debt has officially surpassed $40 trillion. Is it possible that these trending deficits could cause us to file for bankruptcy soon? The current budget for the fiscal year Oct. 1, 2025, to Sept. 30, 2026, has expenses…...
National debt interest expense has exploded 14% in just 9 months
2+ week, 5+ day ago (480+ words) Fortune How Washington’s interest bill on the $40 trillion national debt exploded 14% in just 9 months If you thought last year’s national debt numbers were chilling, you haven’t seen anything yet. In the second week of August, the CBO released its Monthly…...
Local economics professor explains what the national debt hitting $40 trillion means
2+ week, 6+ day ago (241+ words) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Earlier this week the United States' national debt hit a staggering $40 trillion. The figure is up from $39 trillion just five months ago, and nearly 10 months since hitting $38 trillion. Drew Westberg, an economics professor at Coe College, told…...
Budget Meltdown: Washington’s $40 Trillion Time Bomb
2+ week, 6+ day ago (353+ words) America’s gross federal debt just blew past $40 trillion, pushing interest costs over $1 trillion a year and squeezing families’ futures. Story Highlights Treasury data show total U.S. debt above $40 trillion for the first time. Debt includes $32.3 trillion held by the…...