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Interest Payments vs. Defense Budget – Supporting Links
- Peter G. Peterson Foundation – “Any Way You Look At It, Interest Costs on the National Debt Will Soon Be at an All-Time High” 🔗 https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2024/04/any-way-you-look-at-it-interest-costs-on-the-national-debt-will-soon-be-at-an-all-time-high
- Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) – “For the First Time, the U.S. Is Spending More on Debt Interest Than Defense” 🔗 https://www.cfr.org/blog/first-time-us-spending-more-debt-interest-defense
- Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) – “Interest Costs Just Surpassed Defense and Medicare” 🔗 https://www.crfb.org/blogs/interest-costs-just-surpassed-defense-and-medicare
- Bipartisan Policy Center – “Why the National Debt Matters for National Security” 🔗 https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/why-the-national-debt-matters-for-national-security/
- CBS News / MoneyWatch – “America Is Now Spending More on Interest Payments Than on National Defense or Medicare” 🔗 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-debt-interest-payments-defense-medicare-children/
- Forbes – “CBO: Federal Interest Payments Now Exceed Defense Spending” 🔗 https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2024/02/07/cbo-federal-interest-payments-now-exceed-defense-spending/