U.S. national debt
also referred to as: us national debt
10 statements across 8 episodes · 1 bullish · 7 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Mar 6, 2021 by David Friedberg · across every show →
Everything said about U.S. national debt, oldest first
Mar 6, 2021 bearish
May 26, 2022
Tim Urban: Republican concern over national debt vanished under Donald Trump's tax package
“The classic example, the debt was the worst thing in the world during Obama's presidency, and then Trump comes in office, starts doing up these tax packages that are adding to it, and suddenly it's no problem.”
Jun 24, 2023 negative
Gerstner: Post-9/11 US wars cost $8T and caused millions of deaths
“If we look at the wars the U.S. Has engaged in since September, it's estimated three to four million people have died in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan. We spent eight trillion dollars. Inflation adjusted, we spent four trillion in World War II. Eight trillion re…”
Dec 29, 2023 negative
May 24, 2025
House-passed tax bill estimated to add $3T-$5T to national debt over 10 years
“The House passed the big, beautiful bill at the 11th hour last night. This makes the TCGA tax cuts permanent and it's estimated to increase long run GDP by 60 basis points. That's if all the cuts were implemented. It's also going to reduce tax revenue by four …”
May 25, 2025 bearish
May 25, 2025 bearish
Sen. Johnson projects U.S. national debt will reach $62 to $63 trillion
“The CBO projection right now that is adding another 22 trillion dollars to our debt, it certainly would add at least that. I would argue probably add another three or four trillion dollars, so it's not gonna be 59 trillion, it's gonna be more like 62, 63 trill…”
Jun 13, 2025 bearish
Jun 13, 2025 bullish
Sep 9, 2025 negative
Adena Friedman: High U.S. national debt is starting to impact markets
“The amount of debt that we have in the country is something that is, we're starting to see manifest itself in the markets, and we'll make it so that they look for alternatives if they feel like the return characteristics of a treasury are different than what t…”