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The $40 Trillion National Debt ‘News’ Is A Big Load Of Meaninglessness

Forbes · August 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM

The $40 Trillion National Debt ‘News’ Is A Big Load Of Meaninglessness

The crisis is that there’s no debt crisis, & there’s no debt crisis because the holders of Treasury debt are confident Treasury will have no problem paying off the debt.

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