3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (800+ words) How Boomers voted the next generation a $40 trillion debt — and counting fortune.com How Boomers voted the next generation a $40 trillion debt, and counting The United States’ national debt crossed $40 trillion last month. Five months earlier, in March, the more…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (444+ words) Center for State Competitiveness by Andrew Wilford September 09, 2026 Last month, the national debt hit $40 trillion. For such a monumentally dubious achievement, it received relatively little attention. It’s not that hard to understand why—while it took us 192 years to accumulate…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (642+ words) The recent news that our national debt has swollen to $40 trillion should be the “bucket of ice water” America needs to finally address our financial woes. Our nation is on an unsustainable borrowing trajectory, and it is getting much worse....

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (430+ words) If long-term interest rates decisively breach the 5 per cent threshold, the impact could derail the AI boom, says Ruchir Sharma for the Financial Times. NEW YORK: Doomsday warnings about America’s rising debt date to the 1970s, when the US government began…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (145+ words) Re “The US national debt now stands at $40 trillion” (Aug. 19): Thank you for the article on our quickly increasing national debt. If we divide that debt by the number of people in the U.S., we find that every man,…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (129+ words) If long-term interest rates decisively breach the 5% threshold, the impact can derail the AI boom [WASHINGTON] Doomsday warnings about America’s rising debt date back to the 1970s, when the US government began running persistent budgetary deficits. Late in the next decade,…...

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1+ week, 4+ day ago   (351+ words) The US national debt just crossed the $40 trillion threshold… Thank God, no, we aren’t going bust as a nation, despite our gargantuan $40 trillion national debt. The rapid pileup of debt under Republicans and Democrats alike is certainly a disgrace and…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (508+ words) Daughter and I were discussing politics, never a safe space for Boomers and Gen Y’ers. Sometimes I think she will ask for my car keys to stop me driving. But the conversation turned to news of the nation’s debt surpassing…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (225+ words) The Sun Chronicle United States national debt or budget deficit, financial crisis concept, 3D rendering The national debt now exceeds $40 trillion. That equals roughly $117,000 for every man, woman and child in the United States. The number is shocking, but the direction…...