The Unsustainable $40 Trillion National Debt

With $40 trillion in debt, does Washington have any credibility to police Iran’s economy?

TEHRAN- The United States has just crossed a grotesque milestone: its national debt has ballooned to a record-shattering $40 trillion. This is not merely a number; it is a confession of systemic rot.

Ken Buck: The $40 Trillion Alarm Bell — Record National Debt Can't Be Ignored

Columnist Ken Buck writes, "The U.S. national debt crossed another grim milestone this month, surpassing $40 trillion for the first time ever. That's more than double the amount owed in 2017 and is expected grow to $64 trillion within the next decade."

The Unsustainable $40 Trillion National Debt

The Unsustainable $40 Trillion National Debt Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times, The national debt has now passed $40 trillion. It stands at 120 percent of GDP. That should alarm us and probably does but let's just be honest: no one can conceive of such figures. They are just floating zeros and no one has any sense of whether and to what extent this portends economic doom for us. Maybe it does or maybe it doesn't. An electronic di…

The $40 Trillion National Debt and the ‘Budget Hawk’ Ruse That Led to MAGA – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

An unsettling milestone occurred in recent weeks, with the federal government’s debt surpassing $40 trillion. When I cast my first ballot in 1984, the $1.5 trillion of national debt was considered a looming crisis. It had nearly tripled and was considered an even bigger crisis by the time Ross Perot first ran for president eight years later. When Donald Trump ran for president in 2016, the amount was up to $20 trillion. There is consternation ab…