It’s all about the debt

The US federal debt now stands at about $9.6 trillion. Just let that number sink in for a moment… believe it or not, it gets worse. The debt is rising faster than income, a rapidly growing percentage of the debt is owed to foreigners, and the age of maturity is dropping like a rock.

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