Democrats, GOP Point Fingers as National Debt Surpasses $34 Trillion With No End in Sight

‘There is not a single economic reason to add to the debt at the rate we are, but sadly our political leaders are unwilling to make the changes we need to turn the fiscal situation around,’ one budget hawk says.

Benoît Prieur via Wikimedia Commons
The National Debt Clock in 2011, when the debt was less than half today's total. Benoît Prieur via Wikimedia Commons

Politicians from across the political spectrum pointed accusatory fingers at each other Wednesday after the Department of the Treasury announced that America’s national debt reached $34 trillion for the first time at the end of 2023.

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