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The first Congress of the United States convened on March 4, 1789 . It then took approximately 224 years —from 1789 to 2013for the federal government to accumulate that first $16.4 trillion in debt.
In fiscal 2022 , the government spent approximately $6.2716 trillion . That is a real increase of $1.89 trillion —or 43 percent . The federal debt has increased by more than two trillion dollars .
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 says: “The Congress shall have the Power to lay and collect Taxes , Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debt and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States .” Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 says: “No money shall be drawn from the Treasury , but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.” This nation needs a Congress that will use these powers responsibly. Terence P. Jeffrey is investigative editor for the Daily Caller News Foundation . Original article link.
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