Throughout Barack Obama’s eight years as president, Republicans hammered relentlessly at the horrors of debt. In 2011 they took the country to the brink of default because they didn’t want to raise the statutory debt ceiling. Last year candidate Donald Trump repeatedly ripped Mr. Obama for doubling federal debt. Yet in their drive to overhaul taxes, President Trump and his congressional allies are about to make the trajectory of debt...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 27, 2017 17:37 UTC