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We must begin with the biggest story of the day.

It is the front page story across America.

The debt ceiling.

We're getting to it, except we're really not.

There's a formula for telling this story.

First of all, we used to not have a debt ceiling.

Years ago in the 70s, I believe it was, they put it in place.

No one ever could imagine the United States could get as much debt as it had.

It's now so exceeded it.

Multiple times over, Barack Obama added as much debt to the United States as all previous presidents combined.

Think about that.

And then Donald Trump did as much as Obama.

Joe Biden is on pace.

We've got this exponential scale in the increase in debt in the country,

and we're now spending more than our GDP, which is not a good sign. It's actually a sign of

bankruptcy. The United States Constitution requires the full faith and credit of the United

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