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Life imitates Harry Potter

5 February 2018

8:07 PM

5 February 2018

8:07 PM

It’s not just that no one talks about government debt anymore – no one thinks about it either:

It was another crazy news week, so it’s understandable if you missed a small but important announcement from the Treasury Department: The federal government is on track to borrow nearly $1 trillion this fiscal year — President Donald Trump‘s first full year in charge of the budget.

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