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September 2024
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Can American Politics Solve the Federal Debt Problem?

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Can American Politics Solve the Federal Debt Problem?

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华体会
September 12, 2024
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The Treasury Building is seen in Washington, DC, on January 18, 2023. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Treasury Building is seen in Washington, DC, on January 18, 2023. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
12
September 2024
Past Event

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Senator Phil Gramm

Economist and Former United States Senator, Texas

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Thomas J. Duesterberg

Senior Fellow

The United States鈥� federal debt has nearly doubled under the last two presidents. It now equals America鈥檚 gross domestic product, and the Congressional Budget Office projects that it will reach as much as 138 percent of US GDP in the next decade. America spends more on annual debt service than national defense, and debt service obligations threaten to impose stringent limits on all other discretionary spending. Neither presidential campaign has offered a convincing program to mitigate this spiraling crisis.

Former Senator Phil Gramm has been a leader in creative thinking and legislating about budgetary restraint over his 45-year public career in government and as an economist. Join Senator Gramm for a discussion at 华体会 on the importance and future of budgetary politics with Senior Fellow Thomas Duesterberg. Hudson President and CEO John Walters will deliver introductory remarks.

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