Getty ImagesDonald Trump’s campaign proposals would increase the US national debt by double the amount Kamala Harris’s would, according to a new analysis by a non-partisan group.
Both candidates would add trillions to the national debt if their campaign pledges were enacted, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Trump would add $7.5tn and Harris would add $3.5tn, the group said.
The think tank warned on Monday that neither party appeared willing to address the country’s growing $35.6tn debt.
Both candidates have, at least partially, backed extending major tax cuts that the US passed during Trump’s first term. These cuts form the biggest chunk of this hypothetical additional debt.
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