Dr. Ronny Jackson is a congressman from Texas, a retired Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy, as well as the former White House doctor to Presidents Bush, Obama and Trump. And during our interview, we discussed the situation in Ukraine, the Truckers convoy, the ballooning national debt, as well as his insight into why 66…
Former White House Physician Says Biden Is Not Cognitively Fit For Office
Aging Research Is Key to Balancing the Budget
Commentary Last week, I wrote that the path back to a balanced budget could not be simple stinginess, but smart reforms that produce long term returns of higher GDP and lower government spending. For instance, in the 1990s, I helped author four straight balanced budgets, during which we doubled the budget of the National Institutes…
The National Debt Debate Continues or Doesn’t
The $30 trillion U.S. government debt is a phony number, critics claim. It’s three or four times that, they say. Persistently high deficits and debts, they add, cause high inflation rates and can retard growth. Critics contend that the nation’s red ink is a problem because, in good times and bad, it keeps rising. “The…
It Is Time to Balance the Federal Budget Again
Commentary The national debt has passed $30 trillion. It is clearly time to start talking about balancing the federal budget. The explosion of federal debt has been astonishing. In 1980, the national debt was $908 billion. Today, it is more than $30 trillion and growing. That is a more than 3,204 percent increase in 42…
The National Debt Reaches Another Dubious Milestone
Commentary The national debt just hit $30 trillion. Unfortunately, when the numbers we’re presented with get to a certain point, our eyes tend to glaze over. After all, one trillion is such an incomprehensible amount that the difference between that and 30 trillion is nearly meaningless in terms of our ability to conceive of it….
America’s National Debt Soars Past $30 Trillion Milestone
America’s ballooning national debt has exceeded the $30 trillion mark for the first time ever, according to Treasury Department data. The Treasury Department said in a statement (pdf) that, as of Jan. 31, the total public debt outstanding was $30.012 trillion, which roughly works out to just over $90,000 per citizen or nearly $240,000 per…
Critics Claim Disaster If Biden Plan Is Okayed
President Joe Biden’s latest some $2 trillion social spending plan will add trillions to the national debt, make inflation worse, and hurt traditional energy businesses. These were the contentions of a group of Heritage Foundation policy scholars. During a press briefing on Nov. 12, they reviewed the president’s Build Back Better policies. The original Build…
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Oct. 12)
The Teton County coroner releases the results of Gabby Petito’s autopsy, the House Tuesday signs off on raising the national debt limit by nearly $500 billion, and Brooklyn Nets player Kyrie Irving is not allowed to practice or play anymore.
NTD Business Full Broadcast (Sept. 15)
Senate leaders — disagreeing on whether to raise the debt limit. What’s the significance? We have analysis. The housing market seems to be cooling off again. According to Redfin, competition for homes is decreasing. We hear from people in the industry. And Microsoft announcing its biggest ever stock buyback, but some regulators are also targeting…
If Democrats Want to Pass the $3.5 Trillion Budget Alone, They Can Raise the Debt Limit Alone: McConnell
Senate leaders are debating who is responsible for raising the now $28 trillion debt limit, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) arguing that Republicans added $8 trillion to the debt during the Trump administration, while Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) saying that the GOP used a bipartisan approach to passing spending bills but…
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