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Robert Reich
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What’s REALLY driving up America’s debt?

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (102+ words) robertreich.substack.com What’s REALLY driving up America’s debt? Not government spending on social safety nets What’s REALLY driving up the U.S. debt, which just reached the $40 trillion milestone? I appeared recently on CNBC to explain that, contrary to…...

Robert Reich
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Who’s Raking it in as the National Debt Explodes?

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (800+ words) The U.S. national debt has officially surpassed $40 trillion, months earlier than forecasters had expected — because of billions of dollars in lost revenue from Trump’s invalidated tariffs, Trump’s tax cuts (mostly to big corporations and the very wealthy), and the soaring costs…...