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BumRushDaShow

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Fri May 1, 2026, 04:50 AM Friday

US debt exceeds 100 percent of GDP [View all]

Source: msn/The Hill

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The U.S. national debt crossed 100 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of March, with signs that it might cross the record of 106 percent of GDP reached immediately after World War II. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released data on the national debt reaching 100.2 percent of GDP on Thursday, noting that debt held by the public on March 31 was $31.27 trillion.

GDP over the last year was $31.22 trillion. The national debt was at 99.5 percent of GDP at the end of fiscal 2025 in September. Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said the borrowing did not come from “a seismic global conflict, but rather a total bipartisan abdication of making hard choices.”

“It’s happened — the national debt is now larger than the U.S. economy, about twice the historic average,” she said in a statement reacting to the news. “We’ve heard plenty of alarm bells in the past few years about our fiscal path, but this one rings especially loudly,” MacGuineas continued. “The real question is whether or not our leaders in Washington will listen.”

A daily statement from the Treasury Department last month revealed that the U.S. national debt surpassed $39 trillion, a record reached just five months after the debt sailed past the $38 trillion mark. The government spends $1.33 for every dollar collected as revenue, with the budget deficit projected at $1.9 trillion this year, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-debt-exceeds-100-percent-of-gdp/ar-AA227Z4j



The government spends $1.33 for every dollar collected as revenue


Because the GOP CUT the incoming revenue provided by BILLIONAIRES. The bottom 99% can't make up for the revenue loss from the billionaire grift.
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US debt exceeds 100 percent of GDP [View all] BumRushDaShow Friday OP
More proof of Republican incompetency. cstanleytech Friday #1
More proof of Republican hypocrisy. Wednesdays Friday #16
More proof of the GQP's greed...... Lovie777 Saturday #26
K&R BlueWavePsych Friday #2
Just take out a 500 year mortgage. twodogsbarking Friday #3
See, we need that ballroom to save the economy. twodogsbarking Friday #4
And this will be why durablend Friday #5
Which is why every single one of them needs to be pointed out. OldBaldy1701E Friday #9
The very definition of bankrupt. n/t Hugin Friday #6
Just wait until the tax cuts trickle down IronLionZion Friday #7
You know what would solve this problem? Another tax cut for billionaires and corporations Ray Bruns Friday #8
It's curious we don't hear the GOP talking about the debt right now. SamuelAdams Friday #10
Not true, the national debt passed 100% of GDP in 2012, and is now at about 122.8% of GDP progree Friday #11
"Debt held by the public" is what would be used for international comparisons muriel_volestrangler Friday #15
At the bottom of post 11 above, I found out how to find current-dollar GDP IN DOLLARS, with the help of their webmail progree Friday #22
An interesting chart Bayard Friday #12
The Republicans are breaking the United States for Putin. travelingthrulife Friday #13
Where I grew up they would say "we're fucked". twodogsbarking Friday #14
Save a prayer for the rich and craven Torchlight Friday #17
If I remember correctly, the debt is close to the amount stashed over seas by the super wealthy. LT Barclay Friday #18
Shocker! BaronChocula Friday #19
Time to end the myth of Republicans being fiscal conservatives Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Friday #20
MaddowBlog-National debt crosses a historic threshold, exposing absurdity of Trump campaign promises LetMyPeopleVote Friday #21
Except that GDP was 31.4225 Trillion$ in Q4 2025, and 31.8563 Trillion$ in Q1 2026 progree Friday #23
Obama was right when he said that during recessions, sure, deficit spending. Igel Saturday #28
Maddow Blog is written by Steve Benen, not Rachel Maddow. Wiz Imp Saturday #30
... BumRushDaShow Friday #24
The Ballroom Republicans are bankrupting this nation City Lights Saturday #25
It took Trump only 15 months to bankrupt America. CousinIT Saturday #27
Another bankruptcy coming under Trump only this time it's an entire country.- LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #29
For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #31
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