{"id":16837,"date":"2011-06-22T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/wars-caused-federal-debt\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:42:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:42:41","slug":"wars-caused-federal-debt","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2011\/06\/22\/wars-caused-federal-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"Wars Caused Federal Debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American public tags the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as the main culprit in the burgeoning of United States national debt. Fully 60% say the cost of these wars contributed a great deal to the size of the debt. Far fewer Americans say an increase in government spending on domestic problems (24%) or the Bush administration tax cuts (19%) contributed a great deal to the debt. Two-thirds of Democrats, including 79% of liberal Democrats, and 62% of independents say that the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan contributed a great deal to the debt. For both Democrats and independents, no other factor comes close to the wars\u2019 price-tag. Nearly half of Republicans (49%) also cite the wars as major contributors to the debt, with little difference in opinion between conservative and moderate Republicans. <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/pubs\/2017\/poll-what-created-the-national-debt-wars-spending-tax-cuts-deficit-reduction-proposals\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Far more Americans say wars in Iraq and Afghanistan contributed to the national debt than say the same about government spending or tax 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