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It may be hard to agree on America’s greatest problem because there are so many.

 

By Kris Sims

Kris Sims • Rachel Notley and the NDP's budget-balancing pledge raises serious doubts about its commitment to paying down the Alberta debt

Paying more than $2 billion a day in interest on that national debt. im glad were clawing back $1.9 billion from the irs and not hiring those people. that doesnt cover one day of interest on the national debt. youre not doing anything to actually solve the problem. rachel: you know, thats such an interesting perspective on it. and is it that -- first of all, id like to get your theory on why scalise has not weighed in on this and not said anything and two, is it that kevin mccarthy was in no pos...

A whopping 76% think the economy is poor. here is the rub right now, bret. the president wants to keep spending across the federal government stagnant between 2023 and 2024. he wants d.o.d. to share in the proposed cuts coming if republicans. republicans say no dice on that. >> thank you. weve been through this before, the fiscal cliffs and we always go up to them. it seems like as the closer the negotiations are getting the farther apart they are as the debt clock continues to tick up. $250,000...

Medicare and if that wasnt enough there also has to have the interest on the national debt and tax refunds as well. every now and then us congress me to vote whether to raise the city government can spend more or suspended. currently the is a whopping 31.4 trillion, yes, trillion dollars. the us debt clock estimates that is around 90 for thousand dollars per person in the united states. —— 94. the cap was breacher earlier this year so were currently in something called extraordinary measures...

The Senate Republicans shot down a short-term debt limit increase proposal, calling such an idea a "gimmick" and wishing to hammer out a deal sooner than later.

The House of Representatives passed a bill late Wednesday afternoon that would raise the nation's debt ceiling.

So mike ganzy, who retired. he was there the first two years. its gotten relegated to a place where no one wants the rigger of it. when joe was governor, when i was in our state legislature, you had to get it done and you lived within a balanced budget amendment or statute. here, one side of the aisle is unapologetic about it and i think they want to do things that you actually borrow the money. we say were fiscal conservatives and still go along with it. joe comes from a place, west virginia, i...