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The runaway debt train

The US economy is in terrific shape, says Newsweek. The current GDP growth rate of 2.4% is well ahead of economists’ expectations. Inflation is at 3%, down from 10% just last year. Unemployment is at a 54-year low, at 3.7%. Wage growth is at around 4%, and most commodity prices are down some 50%, with some down considerably more. President Joe Biden, says

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