On May 4, 2023, BPC Chief Economist and Vice President Jason Fichtner testified before the Senate Committee on the Budget about the debt limit and federal debt. In that testimony, he provided the following to help Senators visualize the size of our nation’s $31.46 trillion debt.
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Fichtner’s full testimony is available here.
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