Article: Imagine if it disappeared; The national debt; ...
The Economist (US);  March 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ...THANKS to three years of budget surpluses, the Treasury has paid down $363 billion of its $3.4 trillion publicly held debt since 1997, $223 billion last year alone. That policy commands the sort of support that usually occurs only in time of war. The two parties vie with one another to put ever

Article: Rising Debt Loads Will Push Up Rates.(United ...
Kiplinger Business Forecasts;  March 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline:Jerome Idaszak Every leg of the U.S. debt tripod-household, corporate and government-is rising. That doesn't mean we're headed for a financial crisis, but it will mean higher borrowing costs for many years to come. More debt will boost demand for credit and prompt lenders to hike interest

Article: COLUMN: United States needs to focus on lessening ...
University Wire;  December 7, 2004 ;     682 words ... ... what it would be like to act as the United States does, being able to rack up trillions ... research and, lo and behold, the United States has a looming problem on the horizon ... Wall Street Journal of Dec. 2, the United States will borrow around $670 billion dollars ...

Article: united states : Finance Ministry to reduce ...
TendersInfo;  August 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: sander03 Minister for Finance and National Planning, Ratu Jone Kubuabola has called on government departments and ministries to maintain expenditures within their budget. According to Ratu Jone the Ministry of Finance will continue to closely monitor expenditures to ensure that allocated

Article: Recession - Not $2-trillion national debt or ...
PR Newswire;  January 25, 1988 ;     700+ words ... ... that time the publicly held national debt in the United States was something on the order ... present moment the publicly held national debt is something less than 50 ... greatest debtor because "the United States, under President Reagan ...

Article: REP. SANDERS OPPOSES BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO DRAMATICALLY ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... doesn't increase the national debt ceiling, the United States may have to default on ... Today, the share of the national debt for every man, woman and ... interest payments on the national debt. It is immoral to ask ...

Article: ESKIMO PIE TAKES A $72,000 BITE OUT OF THE NATIONAL ...
PR Newswire;  May 27, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... comes to reducing the national debt, Americans have cast ... Corporation's "Eat The National Debt" program. Families across the United States helped take a bite our ... one problem ... our national debt," said Clark. "We ...