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The U.S. deficit topped $1.8 trillion in 2024, but a bold idea from Warren Buffett is making the rounds again, and this time, ...

Amidst a soaring national debt of $33.8 trillion, Warren Buffett's proposal to disqualify Congress members during high ...

Warren Buffett's decade-old idea to curb America's budget deficits by making Congress members ineligible for re-election if ...

Warren Buffett warns that the U.S. fiscal deficit is on an unsustainable path that will eventually end but no one knows when.

And while neither party has managed to rein in the red ink, legendary investor Warren Buffett once offered a surprisingly ...

The chart below shows how many times per decade Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has outperformed the S&P 500. Each decade, ...

President Donald Trump’s trade war and the rise of protectionist policies have stoked fears that global commerce is now a zero-sum contest, and legendary investor Warren Buffett is concerned about ...

“Are you really telling the American people this will not add one penny to the debt and deficit? You can guarantee that?” Congress’ top Republican again said, “I am telling you, this is ...

More recently, deficits have grown in good times and bad. Mr. Trump oversaw a huge, deficit-financed tax cut in 2017 despite an economy that was strong by most measures. President Joseph R.

It would seem that Warren Buffett agrees, with Berkshire Hathaway doubling its ownership of T-bills and now owning 5% of all short-term Treasuries, according to a recent JPMorgan report. " ...

It’s only been a few months, but after observing recent actions in Congress, I feel compelled to speak out. The House’s passage of the so-called “budget” bill represents a profound failure ...