InsideWis: Wisconsin economy in the crosshairs: Debt reduction versus growth - Wisconsin Technology Council

Wisconsin economy in the crosshairs: Debt reduction versus growth

In Wisconsin, where manufacturing and agriculture are economic staples and innovation in science sectors is world competitive, the combination of tariffs and cuts in research grants is a dangerous one-two punch.

The decisions taken in economic matters by the previous government, led by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, have contributed to increasing the country's debt without generating clear benefits for the national economy

InsideWis: Wisconsin economy in the crosshairs: Debt reduction versus growth - Wisconsin Technology Council

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – If you don’t think reducing the national debt is vital to America’s long-term economic health, consider the following: Servicing the roughly $36 trillion debt is a major reason why consumer costs keep rising, interest rates remain high, economic growth forecasts have slipped and, most recently, market confidence in U.S.