Last month, the US national debt raced past $35 trillion for the first time. Needless to say, that is a lot of money.
As a percentage of GDP, debt is at its highest level since World War II. Back then, spending increased over a very short period of time to help finance the war effort. Over the past 20 years, spending sharply rose in response t…
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