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America's $40 Trillion Debt Exposes a Conservative Failure
Medicare spending helped push the debt higher as federal deficits widened and annual borrowing continued to climb, according to Treasury reporting.
- The U.S. national debt surpassed $40 trillion, driven largely by Medicare, a taxpayer-funded federal health insurance program primarily for seniors, according to official government figures.
- Deficits accumulated across multiple presidential administrations; Trump's fiscal years 2018 through 2021 produced $7.67 trillion in total federal debt, averaging $1.92 trillion annually, while Biden's fiscal years 2022 through 2025 produced $6.68 trillion.
- Official Monthly Budget Review confirms deficits consume more revenue than government collects annually. Rising interest rates force taxpayer dollars toward debt service rather than current government programs, straining federal budgets.
- Despite repeated calls from policymakers to balance budgets, political gridlock persists. Competing proposals reveal fundamental disagreements over taxation and spending priorities between Democrats and Republicans.
- Future generations face mounting fiscal pressures as both parties blame each other for deficits while offering competing solutions. Trump's pre-pandemic spending nearly doubled Obama's average during economic expansion, complicating partisan accountability claims.
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America's $40 trillion debt exposes a conservative failure
The eye-glazing milestone arrived without fanfare or protest in Washington’s political theater: U.S. debt officially crested to $40 trillion. To average Americans struggling with grocery bills and higher interest rates, a figure with 12 zeros sounds like a problem for…
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Apparently $40 Trillion Doesn't Mean Much Anymore - Conservative View from New Hampshire
By Ray Cardello for September 11, 2026, Season 33 / Post 13 Click the PLAY button below to listen to today’s article: I remember driving around with my Dad, and the AM […] The post Apparently $40 Trillion Doesn’t Mean Much Anymore appeared first on Conservative View from New Hampshire.
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