US Debt Balloons to $40 Trillion

If $40 trillion doesn’t get voters’ attention, the $1.1 trillion a year spent just on interest should. It sure seems as if U.S. gross national debt officially surpassing $40 trillion for the first time would be shaking up our politics. Although the ballooning deficit is a governmental mis-achievement of massive size, most people are more concerned [...] The post US Debt Balloons to $40 Trillion…