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  "path": "/2026/05/07/us-debt-hits-31-26-trillion-exceeds-annual-gdp.html",
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    "Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget",
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    "federal debt",
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  "textContent": "The last two times the United States owed more than its annual economic output, the country was either fighting a world war or shutting down due to a pandemic. As of March, it's happened again — this time without an emergency to point to. — Read the rest \n\nThe post US debt hits $31.26 trillion, exceeds annual GDP appeared first on Boing Boing.",
  "title": "US debt hits $31.26 trillion, exceeds annual GDP"
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