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  • Republicans Need a Sanity Check on a $40 T National Debt

    Republicans Need a Sanity Check on a $40 T National Debt

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    by William L. Kovacs, ©2026  (Sep. 7, 2026) — Every Republican president and most Republican congressional candidates since Calvin Coolidge have advocated reducing the national debt. Calvin Coolidge was the only Republican president to cut the budget by one-third during his term in office and achieve a budget surplus. Since then, every president has added to…