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Notably, in fiscal year 2024, interest payments surpassed spending on both Medicare and national defense, making it the second-largest federal expenditure after Social Security. Next year the U.S. federal government’s net interest payments on the national debt are projected to exceed $1 trillion. They are re-arranging chairs on the titanic.
When you insist on cutting revenues, that’s what happens.