Government Debt
The history shows that the United States, from its beginning 1790 to present, has been free of a national debt only 2 years, 1834 and 1835.the government debt has grown from 75.5 millions in 1790 to 13.5 trillion 2010. The government debt growth is extremely alarming due to its rapid and huge growth over a year. The US national debt clock shows that the national debt growth rate is about $50000/1seconds. Every day we watch news or we read news about government debt, the news reporter, politics, and economist talk how bad the national debt hurt the economic and how it fact the people, however; for a better understanding of government debt and the significance of those statist number one need to understand the government debt by definition, why we have it?, what causes it? And what is the economic impact to society and the world as whole? And what procedure can be taken to reduce it.
Government debt is also known as national debt, according to U.S Department of the treasury the term national debt refers to direct liabilities of the United States Government. There are several different concepts of debt that are at various times used to refer to the national debt: Public debt, debt, gross federal debt. Public debt is defined as public debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury. U. S. Treasury securities primarily consist of marketable Treasury securities (i.e., bills, notes and bonds), savings bonds and special securities issued to state and local governments (State and Local Government Series securities, or SLGS). A portion is debt held by the public and by government accounts. Debt held by the public excludes the portion of the debt that is held by government accounts. Gross federal debt is made up of public de...
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1. The debt all began from American revolution when continental congress borrowed about $11 million from France and Holland to finance the war against Great Britain. The government raised another $200 million by printing money and promising to repay off debts, because the articles of confederation provided little power for the states. Which all this debt the united states went into first began in 1775. Then alexander Hamilton who served as the first secretary of the treasury wrote about in 1781.
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However the interest we pay on our nation 's debt is very small compared to the overall budget. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities only 7% of the total budget is spent on interest which is relatively low compared to things like social security which took up 24% of the budget in 2014 (Policy Basics). As long as the United States can continue to keep the interest rates low the debt will continue to be a begin threat. If the creditors of the U.S. were to spike their interest rates, America would be in trouble, however America has fairly good credit, and it should remain that way unless there is another scare like the government shutdown in 2011 (Riley). Overall the threat of the nation debt is a very minute problem in the grand scheme of things. According to The Richest, only five nations in the entire world are completely debt free, which is astounding when you consider that there are about 195 countries in the entire world (Mathers; How Many). These figures show how extremely difficult it is for a country to run without having a certain amount of debt, and America having debt should not be a concern. America is not even in the top ten countries whose debt make up the majority of their GDP (Country List). Which means that at the moment American’s should not be overly
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The U.S budget deficit over the years has been a problem but lately the deficit has shrunk. However, what made the U.S budget deficit get to where it is today and what will it be like in the years to come. Throughout the past the U.S has operated under a deficit. This means that the U.S Spent more money than it was taking in. The cause of the excess in spending was different depending on which year. Some of the causes were war, increase in spending , and economic downturns. There were different acts passed to try and control the deficit problem. The deficit at the present time is declining. This decline is due to the improving economy, sequester, and a tax increase on high-income households. The big factor that went into the decline in the deficit for 2013 was the payment that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac made. The deficit decline in the present time may make some think the U.S could get out of debt but it has been projected that the U.S deficit will start to increase once again.
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The federal budget is known as the notorious economic tank from which money is distributed to various programs. The money used every fiscal year, which begins October 1st and ends September 30th the next year, belongs to the people. The government raises this money through taxes and they spend it on national defense, Medicare, and social security. The federal budget is an exercise in making choices, and those options will certainly affect individuals living in the U.S. These choices cause debt to pile up on the government, who is struggling to make it disappear. The deficit and debt of a government gauges how well it is being run and how well it has been run in the past. According to The Economist the national debt is the total outstanding borrowing of a country’s government; it is an accumulation of deficits that has yet to be paid off (Economist, A-Z). The current U.S. federal deficit, as of the 2013 fiscal year, is a monumental $680 billion dollars, adding to an even higher debt. Any attempt to diminish this debt has the consumer footing the bill, but there has to be a different way. There have been requests to increase taxes, to raise revenues for transportation infrastructure, to restrategize the military force or to make defense more affordable (“15 Ways to Rethink the Federal Budget”, Brookings).
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