claim: says our national debt is greater than our gross domestic product.
author: ted cruz
evidence_1: government debt to gdp in the united states averaged 61.70 percent from 1940  until 2017, reaching ... trading economics uses cookies to ensure you get the  best experience on our website. .... us jobless claims fall more than expected.
evidence_2: the u.s. national debt is more than $21 trillion. it exceeded that amount on  march 15, 2018. it's greater than the economic output of the entire country. it  occurred ...
evidence_3: aug 17, 2017 ... read a primer on the u.s. national debt, the debt limit and interest payments on  ... 2 the nation's debt is now bigger than its gross domestic product, which ... that  “china owns our debt,” as of june (the latest month available), ...
evidence_4: sep 25, 2018 ... the combination, say economists, marks a journey into mostly uncharted  financial territory. in the ... public debt as a share of gross domestic product ... “by  2020, we will spend more on interest than we do on kids, including ...
evidence_5: jan 3, 2019 ... we know it's growing, but we don't know exactly how. ... since the government  almost always spends more than it takes in, the national debt continues to rise. ....  finally, the national debt is not paid back with gdp, but with tax revenues ..... yet  without its spending, some would say our economy could be in ...