Tuesday, July 31, 2018

US Borrowing Money So Rich Can Pay Less Taxes

The new Republican tax bill to benefit the wealthy has trickled down to everyone else. Our debt we leave to our children demonstrates just who the Republicans expect to foot the bill to pass on to the top.

The Treasury Department predicted the U.S. government’s borrowing needs in the second half of this year will jump to the most since last decade’s financial crisis as the nation’s fiscal health deteriorates despite a strong economy.

The department expects to issue $329 billion in net marketable debt from July through September, the fourth-largest total for that quarter on record and higher than the $273 billion estimated in April, Treasury said in a report Monday.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-treasury-borrowing-20180730-story.html