This clip is in the wake of Moody’s downgrading the United States’ credit rating:
Interest on the U.S. national debt is now 20% of total federal revenue and rising — We borrow every dollar just to pay interest.
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) May 17, 2025
4 stunning (and painful) charts from Dave Brat.pic.twitter.com/n3fX2topwP
The brutal truth that Mike Johnsons ignores as he smiles pleasantly.
Indeed, J. Sobran. The slim majorities are a part of the problem; but the other part of the problem is the corruption of the political class, and the rampant moderation/ progressivism within the Republican Party.
Message: Stop spending more than revenues or otherwise there is a cliff at the end of the road.
It is interesting, Fred, to see how many– on our own side, theoretically– who deny the existence of the cliff, or who otherwise behave as if it doesn’t exist.