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America’s national debt topped $35 trillion for the first time on Monday.
Data from the U.S. Treasury Department released on Monday afternoon showed that the gross national debt hit $35,001,278,179,208.67.
According to Fox Business, the alarming milestone came just months after the U.S. eclipsed the $34 trillion threshold in early January 2024, while the $33 trillion mark was reached in September 2023.
“We are going to have to get serious about the debt, and soon. Election years cannot be an exception for trying to prevent completely foreseeable dangers – and the debt is one of the major dangers we are facing,” Maya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said in a statement.
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