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I am not sure where you’re getting that figure, but the total is 2T, which is primarily due to interest rates and social welfare spending. https://bipartisanpo
by nis0s 1y ago
I am not sure where you’re getting that figure, but the total is 2T, which is primarily due to interest rates and social welfare spending.
https://bipartisanpolicy.org/report/deficit-tracker/ https://bipartisanpolicy.org/report/deficit-tracker/
If you look at the previous years when Trump hadn’t enacted his agenda, then the difference between current deficit levels seems primarily due to interest rates.
- conception 1y agoMisspoke - debt not deficit.
- conception 1y agoAlso to correct you, it’s actually due to Republican tax cuts. America’s had a balanced budget before even a budget surplus not so long ago.