The policy most responsible for our current debt crisis dates back to Wisconsin approving true bargaining unions for state employees in 1960, something that even Franklin Roosevelt had said could never be allowed for obvious reasons. read more
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 is defined as public debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury. U. S. read more
As of September 2014, foreigners owned $6.06 trillion of U.S. debt, or approximately 47% of the debt held by the public of $12.8 trillion and 34% of the total debt of $17.8 trillion. The largest holders were China, Japan, Belgium, the Caribbean banking centers, and oil exporters. read more