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What will happen with the U.S. public (national) debt?

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That eventually forces the Treasury into an impossible situation where it cannot pay all of the money it has been ordered by the government to pay for a combination of welfare/entitlement programs, goods and services rendered to the U.S. Government, and interest on the national debt. read more

The ratio is higher if the total national debt is used, by adding the "intragovernmental debt" to the "debt held by the public." For example, on April 29, 2016, debt held by the public was approximately $13.84 trillion or about 76% of GDP. read more

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