Swan @Swan · 26 Aug 2026
The federal debt crossed $40 trillion last week. The NYT, NPR, PBS and CNBC all ran the same chart. Here is the one none of them ran. Treasury's own balance sheet carries another $15.5 trillion in federal employee and veteran benefits already earned but not yet paid. Note 13, https://t.co/ViS1I8j4b3
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