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Another 10% of the budget is spent on paying interest on Uncle Sam’s mountain of debt.
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Musk, in particular, has a web of contractual ties to Uncle Sam as well as global business relationships that may collide with Trump’s advertised good-government goals to shrink government and benefit everyday consumers.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
The cost is shared between the states and the federal government, with Uncle Sam picking up 61% to 85% of the tab.
—John Dorfman, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Again, in 1930, when the economic plunge was all too obvious, The Sun ran no Thanksgiving editorial but did feature a cartoon by Edmund Duffy that showed a gaunt and worried-looking Uncle Sam, with a knife in one hand, bending over a turkey about the size of a house finch.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Musk, in particular, has a web of contractual ties to Uncle Sam as well as global business relationships that may collide with Trump’s advertised good-government goals to shrink government and benefit everyday consumers.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
The cost is shared between the states and the federal government, with Uncle Sam picking up 61% to 85% of the tab.
—John Dorfman, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Again, in 1930, when the economic plunge was all too obvious, The Sun ran no Thanksgiving editorial but did feature a cartoon by Edmund Duffy that showed a gaunt and worried-looking Uncle Sam, with a knife in one hand, bending over a turkey about the size of a house finch.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Uncle Sam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Uncle%20Sam. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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Uncle Sam
noun
Un·cle Sam
ˌəŋ-kəl-ˈsam 
1
: the U.S. government thought of or represented as a person
2
: the American nation or people
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