https://drudge.com/user/danforth New links and comments. en-us http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wordzilla/0.58 10 https://drudge.com/news/294033/surplus-40-trillion-debt-one https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/how-the-us-government-pushed-the-national-debt-to-40-trillion-in-less-than-a-generation-163523525.html In 2000, we ran a surplus budget. One generation later, we're $40 Trillion in debt, and the annual service on that debt is now more than we spend on Defense. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:tsksqpjisdvtusxq6ide5tzj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtluuuc4ws22" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreicavwp63ira7zegccd33bjilzvufprouzqzclhhlh6vlriy2kwc3q" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">The national debt just crossed $40 trillion. When I entered Congress in 2011, it was $14 trillion--and we treated it like an emergency. We had a real chance to change the trajectory. I was there. I cast some of those votes. Including regrets. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz ... <br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tsksqpjisdvtusxq6ide5tzj/post/3mtluuuc4ws22?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Adam Kinzinger (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tsksqpjisdvtusxq6ide5tzj?ref_src=embed">@adamkinzinger.substack.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tsksqpjisdvtusxq6ide5tzj/post/3mtluuuc4ws22?ref_src=embed">9:35 AM &Acirc;&middot; Aug 21, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sat, 22 Aug 2026 15:33:00 -0400 Danforth https://drudge.com/news/294033/surplus-40-trillion-debt-one#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294033 news, 0.5 daily 294033