debt
Borrowers squeezed as Trump and Wall Street reshape student loan system
April 24, 2026There’s an old saying among the ruling class: A worker in debt is a good worker.
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Debt deal includes cruel attack on the nation’s poorest
May 30, 2023McCarthy-Biden debt ceiling agreement suspends debt ceiling but allows GOP to chip away at the nation’s safety net.
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Are lawmakers close to a deal to raise the debt limit?
May 26, 2023There is talk of a two-year extension with spending limits that exempt the military.
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With all the debt limit talk, few eye Pentagon cuts
May 24, 2023The nearly $1 trillion Pentagon budget seems to be non-negotiable when it comes to discussion of what drives deficits and anti-people budgets in the U.S.
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The view from China: U.S. debt ceiling ‘crisis’ reveals wasteful military spending
May 23, 2023Maintaining an empire is expensive.
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