national debt
the financial obligations of a national government resulting from deficit spending.
Origin of national debt
1- Also called public debt.
Words Nearby national debt
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How to use national debt in a sentence
As political scientist Sarah Kreps has written, we used to finance wars via taxes, but today, we finance wars by adding to the national debt.
Why The Domestic Political Fallout From The Afghanistan War Is So Hard To Assess | Sarah Frostenson (sarah.frostenson@abc.com) | August 19, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightWhen politicians discuss the national debt, the conversation usually centers on raising taxes or cutting spending.
He pledged to eliminate the national debt within eight years but, after four, expanded it by one of the highest rates in history.
The GOP’s earmarks evolution says a lot about its Trumpian turn | Aaron Blake | March 18, 2021 | Washington PostHe didn't argue that it would hurt the economy, or get wasted, or penalize today's toddler once they had to confront the national debt.
The Trailer: What the stimulus means for the next campaign | David Weigel | March 11, 2021 | Washington PostWhile Sanders has declared some concern about a national debt that has soared past $20 trillion, his greater worry is about an American underclass that the federal government is failing to help.
Gavel in hand, Bernie Sanders lays out an unabashedly liberal economic agenda | Mike DeBonis | February 19, 2021 | Washington Post
Yes, gridlock frustration and national debt nausea are understandable.
He says he plans to focus on the national debt and budget issues, government and tax reform.
Candidates in Maine, Nebraska, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C., Challenge Republicans and Democrats Alike | Linda Killian | July 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTwitter, like the national debt or Lindsay Lohans's sobriety, is in a constant state of flux.
A Song of Twitter and George R.R. Martin: The Unexpected Players of the Twitterverse | Amy Zimmerman | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe biggest chunk of that goes to pay interest on the national debt.
But two failed wars and a massive national debt have made their ultra-expensive, ultra-bloody foreign policy vision untenable.
Why Doesn’t Anyone Care About the Rising U.S.-China Tension? | Peter Beinart | December 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTReduction of national debt, whatever arrangements may be made for it, can only be effected by taxation.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntAnd the check; it did not resemble in size the national debt, as dinner checks usually do in America.
My Wonderful Visit | Charlie ChaplinWill not the national debt itself be the means, at least a temptation to continue, if not increase the luxury?
To raise such a sum seemed as impossible to poor Judith as to pay the national debt.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-GouldThough the war had added a hundred millions to the national debt, the burden was hardly felt.
History of the English People, Volume VIII (of 8) | John Richard Green
British Dictionary definitions for national debt
the total outstanding borrowings of a nation's central government: Also called (esp US): public debt
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Cultural definitions for national debt
Notes for national debt
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