Tick Tock: Mike Lee Calls Debt Clock 'Deeply Disturbing' As It Grows Despite Efforts Of DOGE

Posted • February 13, 2025: The federal government's fiscal situation is dire. We're $36 trillion in debt, and that number grows by another $1 trillion every 100 days. Cutting spending and balancing the budget is vital. If we don't do that, the economy -- including Social Security and Medicare -- will collapse and things will get very, very ugly. Here's a graphic that illustrates exactly what's going on: Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee: “Anyone else find this deeply disturbing—even with the @DOGE numbers providing a glimmer of hope?” -- Disturbing is putting it mildly. The DOGE numbers aren’t real yet and wouldn’t provide a glimmer of hope even if they were. They are barely a drop in the bucket. The hope isn’t in the numbers but in the fact that they seem serious about cutting. Congress needs to start passing legislation on spending. They are trying to turn our country into dust without ever firing a bullet. Yes how about this on March 6, 2023 is the top picture on the bottom is currently on February 11, 2025!! There has been 5 Trillion dollars added to our National debt this is unsustainable for America!! (…)

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