Left: WAYNE, MICHIGAN - AUGUST 08: Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris waits to speak at a campaign rally at United Auto Workers Local 900 on August 8, 2024 in Wayne, Michigan. Kamala Harris and her newly selected running mate Tim Walz are campaigning across the country this week. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images). Right Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump walks toward the stage to speak at a rally at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University on August 9, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images) (Credit: From left: Andrew Harnik—Getty Images; Michael Ciaglo—Getty Images)
Bipartisan economists are weighing how the policies of presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will impact Uncle Sam’s national debt burden. After all, the fiscal decisions they make once either of them enters the White House will impose costs on generations to come.
Unfortunately for the growing number of experts concerned that America’s $35 trillion public debt will become theoretically unsustainable, new analysis from the Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM) shows neither Trump nor Harris will offer much relief.
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