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by delehal 982 days ago
I do have concerns about debt, but this is essentially clickbait. The headline also seems to be factually incorrect. If you check out the Treasury report that they linked, the outlay category "net interest" is actually lower than "national defense".
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> The headline also seems to be factually incorrect.

69 v 70? If anyone wants to try and seriously use that as a debate point I wish them the best but don't like their chances of landing a good rhetorical hit. And signs suggest it'll sound a hollow in 6 months at the rate the spending is chugging along.

Also the headline is presumably correct. Gross interest would be higher than net.