While a default has been avoided, the debt crisis is getting worse. US national debt per citizen 10 years ago: $52k. This year it will end up being: about $95k

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PAULA BOLYARD: Republicans React to House Passing Debt Deal in Late-Night Vote. “The Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday said the legislation would result in $1.5 trillion in savings over a decade.”

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Congress will spend more than $70 trillion over the next ten years so these “savings” — a tiny reduction in the rate of growth, really — are basically a rounding error.


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A $4 Trillion Spending Splurge to Bankrupt America

President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy are each loudly proclaiming victory in the deal they finally struck this weekend to raise the debt ceiling. MARCUS: Let’s be honest: this 11th-hour compromise was as inevitable as it is depressing, with no real winner, and just one big loser – the American people.

Debt Ceiling Deal Keeps Dollar Locked in Devaluation Spiral

Federal obligations will be “paid” with ever more rapidly devaluing dollars. The nation is on a one-way road to ongoing currency debasement.