Dec 14, 2018 ... When demand falls, the government has to pay a higher interest rate to sell ...  You can't simply multiply the total outstanding debt number by today's interest  rate to ... That happens each year spending is greater than revenue.
Sep 25, 2018 ... Annual interest payments on the national debt are expected to triple over the next  ... to cut spending as tax revenue falls, further depressing the economy. .... with  the headline: What May Soon Exceed Cost of U.S. Military?
Aug 17, 2017 ... 1As of July 31, the federal government's total debt stands at $19.845 trillion, ... ( Social Security revenues exceeded benefit payments for many years; ... (The  government projects it will pay out about $474.5 billion in interest in fiscal 2017,  ... as well as a relatively small amount of offsetting investment income.
The reserves are funded from dedicated tax revenues and interest on  accumulated .... OASDI taxes” refers to the Federal Income Contributions Act (  FICA ) and ... OASDI benefits” refers to the amounts withdrawn from the trust fund  to pay Social ... Chart 1 shows trust fund total income exceeding trust fund  expenditures from ...
But if government spending is greater than tax collections, the result is a deficit. ...  If the government runs a surplus, it can use the extra money to pay down some ...  the government pays interest on the national debt as part of its overall spending.  ... Debt held by federal accounts is the amount of money that the Treasury has ...
The amount of interest paid on the federal debt exceeds "total tax revenue."