US $39 trillion national debt is ‘crushing legacy’ says budget committee chairman
The U.S.’s eye-watering debt burden poses an “existential threat to the future of our nation,” the chairman of the House Budget Committee has warned, as the country’s borrowing figure tipped over $39 trillion. Texan Republican Rep. Jodey Arrington highlighted last week that it had taken the U.S. nearly two centuries to build a debt pile…

