{"id":229581,"date":"2025-08-17T09:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=229581"},"modified":"2025-08-17T09:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:49:14","slug":"national-debt-goes-over-37-trillion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=229581","title":{"rendered":"National Debt Goes Over $37 Trillion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The national debt crossed $37 trillion today, and a Georgia-based budget watchdog says interest is now crowding out other priorities. Concord Action\u2019s Carolyn Bourdeaux is urging Congress to stop the bleeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udccc <strong>Why It Matters:<\/strong> Higher federal debt can ripple into everyday life\u2014think pricier mortgages, car loans, and less room in Washington\u2019s budget for schools, roads, and disaster aid. That\u2019s the warning from Concord Action, which says interest costs are starting to squeeze other spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 <strong>What\u2019s Happening:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Concord Action Executive Director Carolyn Bourdeaux said in a statement that \u201cfor the first time in U.S. history, the federal debt is above $37 trillion.\u201d She called the trajectory \u201cunsustainable,\u201d arguing the U.S. is spending \u201calmost $2 trillion more than it takes in.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bourdeaux warned that interest payments are \u201cstarting to put pressure on other critical budgetary priorities,\u201d and said the growing debt is \u201can economic ball and chain\u201d that will weigh on future investments and crisis response.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She urged Congress to \u201ccommit to fiscally responsible funding,\u201d close the annual deficit, and \u201cput forward a serious plan to close our annual funding shortfalls and to reduce the national debt.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udded <strong>Between The Lines:<\/strong> Concord Action frames rising debt as a kitchen-table issue\u2014linking it to inflation and higher rates that show up in monthly payments\u2014while pressing lawmakers for a long-term fix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf0e <strong>The Big Picture: <\/strong>Concord Action describes itself as a grassroots network pushing Washington to stop adding to the debt, which it says is \u201ccontributing to inflation, driving higher interest rates, threatening our national security, and creating an unfair burden on future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national debt crossed $37 trillion today, and a Georgia-based budget watchdog says interest is now crowding out other priorities. Concord Action\u2019s Carolyn Bourdeaux is urging Congress to stop the bleeding. \ud83d\udccc Why It Matters: Higher federal debt can ripple into everyday life\u2014think pricier mortgages, car loans, and less room in Washington\u2019s budget for schools, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":229586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"large","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5444],"tags":[18860],"class_list":["post-229581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-national-debt","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=229581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=229581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=229581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=229581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}