How Is This Possible? US Debt ROSE By $620 Billion…During The Shutdown!

by | Nov 17, 2025

Many Americans mistakenly believed that shutting the government down for the longest stretch ever might actually save us some money. The opposite is the case. No matter what Washington does, the debt bill keeps getting higher. Also today, tariffs cause chaos for US business.

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  • Daniel McAdams

    Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity and co-Producer/co-Host, Ron Paul Liberty Report. Daniel served as the foreign affairs, civil liberties, and defense/intel policy advisor to U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, MD (R-Texas) from 2001 until Dr. Paul’s retirement at the end of 2012. From 1993-1999 he worked as a journalist based in Budapest, Hungary, and traveled through the former communist bloc as a human rights monitor and election observer.

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