national debt

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|FiveThirtyEight
When politicians discuss the national debt, the conversation usually centers on raising taxes or cutting spending.
A Radical Idea to Address the Deficit: Enforce Tax Laws|Angus King|April 14, 2021|Time
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 Post
He 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 Post

While 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
The scheme has been condemned by civil liberties groups and queried by the National Association of Head Teachers.
Britain May Spy on Preschoolers Searching for Potential Jihadis|Nico Hines|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America|John Avlon|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Whether he can do it on the national stage is the unanswered question.
Can Huckabee Convert the GOP’s Moneymen?|Lloyd Green|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We face a lot of problems at this moment in our national and global history.
In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But the last national figure to wield ancient personal authority in an explicitly religious way was Robert F. Kennedy.
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters|James Poulos|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He was long a correspondent of the National Intelligencer and other papers, residing in Virginia.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
He has come to believe in such things as old age pensions and national insurance.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
I must make no mistake, and blunder into a national type of features, all wrong; if I make your mask, it must do us credit.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Opening of the national assembly of France, after the abdication of Louis Philippe.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
It is painful to add, that the latter years of his life were passed in prison, where he was confined for debt.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

British Dictionary definitions for national debt

national debt

noun

the total outstanding borrowings of a nation's central governmentAlso called (esp US): public debt

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Cultural definitions for national debt

national debt

The debt of the government; the amount of borrowing by the government to meet expenditures exceeding tax revenues.

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A large national debt can inhibit growth and drive up interest rates.

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