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U.S. debt now $7 trillion bigger than the entire economy
• FinboldEver since it started growing in earnest following the abandoning of the 'Bretton Woods system' in the early 1970s, and accelerated to an unprecedented pace following the 'Economic Recovery Tax Act' of 1981, the U.S. national debt has been a