Trump agenda would add twice as much to national debt as Harris’s: Budget group

A new estimate finds that former President Trump’s tax and spending plans could add twice as much to the national debt as those brought by Vice President Harris, amounting to more than $7 trillion over the next decade. The rough analysis released by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) on Monday estimated the plans proposed by both candidates could increase the national debt by trillions of dollars through 2035. In assessing the potential fiscal impact of the candidates’ plans, CRFB produced a central cost estimate for both sets...