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Liberals Need to Care About the National Debt

by Anne Kim August 30, 2026August 31, 2026

Reining in the debt is the only way to achieve progressive goals.

Trump’s deficits and ballooning U.S. debt are rattling the bond market. Clinton’s approach to budget surpluses offer a blueprint.

What Donald Trump Could Learn from Bill Clinton About the Bond Market

by Robert J. Shapiro August 25, 2026August 25, 2026

Congress Has Bankrupted America’s Future

by Anne Kim November 12, 2025October 6, 2026

Democrats Should Prepare for the Return of Debt Politics

by Bill Scher July 10, 2025July 10, 2025

Biden Can Raise the Debt Ceiling Without Congress

by Garrett Epps November 22, 2022November 21, 2022

Donald Trump

Political Animal

Some of the Crazy Things That Trump Believes

by Nancy LeTourneau August 10, 2018January 9, 2022

Congress & Money

February 1985, Magazine

The Government Debt Racket

by Paul Glastris February 1, 1985January 9, 2022