US Paying $1,157,762,000,000 in Interest on National Debt in One Year, Says Treasury Department, As Elon Musk Warns Government ‘Whistling Past the Graveyard’

The US Treasury Department says it expects to pay a whopping $1.157762 trillion in interest on the national debt for the fiscal year 2024. The interest represents the cost of borrowing money, which the government does by issuing Treasury bonds, bills and other securities. Interest payments have already totaled $1.05 trillion as of August, and […] source: https://dailyhodl.com/2024/09/21/us-paying-1157762000000-in-interest-on-national-debt-in-one-year-says-treasury-department-as-elon-musk-warns-government-whistling-past-the-graveyard/