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Why the U.S. government owes itself money

Feb 4, 2025
The US government is $36 trillion in debt. But who is owed all that money?
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks to press after the Dec. 20 approval of a stopgap funding bill that omitted President Donald Trump's debt ceiling suspension call.
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