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Topic: us-debt

Analysis

The $39 Trillion Paradox: How America Is Both the Richest Nation and Deeply in Debt

The US has $180 trillion in household wealth and $39 trillion in federal debt — both sides of the paradox are real, and neither tells the full story alone.

Analysis

Who Broke America's Finances? A President-by-President Audit From WW2 to Now

Both parties built the debt — Republicans slashed revenue, Democrats expanded spending — but the structural winner has consistently been the wealthy donor class that funds both sides.