U.S. Debt Is on Pace to Set a Record. (The Data Goes Back to 1790.)

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

If Republicans pass their tax and spending megabill, the record will arrive even sooner

Posted by retort at 12:29 PM | 14 COMMENTS | permalink

The US has the highest national debt in the world, a quarter of which is owned by other countries.

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-- aljazeera.com (@aljazeera.com) May 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM

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"In April 2025, the U.S. government posted a $258 billion budget surplus, up 23% from the previous year. This surplus was primarily driven by strong tax receipts, particularly during the tax filing season, and a surge in customs revenue, including collections from tariffs."

moving in the right direction.

#1 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-05-21 12:38 PM

lol... and we keep losing wars.

The tax filing season started in October

Trumpanzees tariffs are about 15 billion of it.

It hasn't changed the trend Fishpoo

#2 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-05-21 01:03 PM

not long ago every democrat voted yes

on a 4 trillion dollar tax hike.

and no on helping poor workers out on tip

and old people with social security.

--but keep ignoring all that....cause with

AOC running in 2028.....BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

#3 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-05-21 01:55 PM

The Republican Party has has a plan for many, many years to cut taxes for the rich, and add to the burden of the poor, until the "great day" arrives when America is bankrupt and the rich can take everything including housing, health care, and those things that FDR instituted like social security, away from the poor and the powerless.
No such thing as a good Republican in the time of Trump, they are all too cowardly to stand up for the rule of law and democracy itself

#4 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-05-22 07:14 AM

"Now, people ask me all the time how we got four surplus budgets in a row. What new ideas did we bring to Washington? I always give a one-word answer: Arithmetic."

Former President Bill Clinton

#5 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2025-05-22 10:06 AM

So Biden spent trillions housing and educating unvetted illegals to help his NGOs and cronies get even richer on your tax money. No to mention paying for college and other expense frivolities due to DEI, climate change and poor management.

#6 | Posted by Robson at 2025-05-22 01:40 PM

#2 lol... and we keep losing wars. Wars pushed for and initiated by Democrats mostly.

#7 | Posted by Robson at 2025-05-22 01:41 PM

Who would have ever thought we'd be seeing rwingers reveling in trillions in new Debt... and praising huge Military spending increases.

OK, anyone paying attention would.

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-22 01:45 PM

"Wars pushed for and initiated by Democrats mostly."

Which wars?

Democrats haven't started a war in over sixty years.

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-22 01:51 PM

If Whattaboutism grew legs but not a brain, it'd be Robson.

#10 | Posted by zarnon at 2025-05-22 07:19 PM

Even with the tax cuts, revenue is projected to increase 4% annually between 2024 and 2027. We don't have a revenue problem. Now, we need DOGE to do their part. With revenue increasing while driving a growing GDP, we will finally start to decrease debt as a % of GDP. That is what happens when you have an actual president working on behalf of Americans and not a brain dead corpse being manipulated by a bunch of Gen Z and millennials pandering to China.

#11 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-22 08:25 PM

#12 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-22 08:25 PM

@#11 ... revenue is projected to increase 4% annually between 2024 and 2027. ...

Projected by whom, and to what accuracy?

#13 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-22 08:43 PM

@#12 ... With revenue increasing while driving a growing GDP, we will finally start to decrease debt as a % of GDP. ...

Yeah, the initial premise of the comment is questionable.

So, what does that say about the conclusions being drawn based upon that initial premise>

Stuff in, Stuff out?

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-22 08:45 PM

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