pay In 2023, the federal government's spending of $658 billion for interest costs on the national debt.
Interest costs are on track to become the largest category of spending in the federal budget.
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...from 164,997,000 individual tax returns.
In total, net interest payments will total $12.4 trillion over the next decade.
The federal government collected $5.03 trillion in federal revenues in 2022, averaging out at $15,098 per person.
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So... if the national debt today is: $34,558,157,524,900 as of 4/27/24 at 9:40 AM CDT...
What is the total national debt? What is the debt per person? See the latest numbers and learn more about the causes of our high and rising debt.
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AND the net worth after expenses, of all the assets in the USA is ....
The financial position of the United States includes assets of at least $269 trillion (1576% of GDP) and debts of $145.8 trillion (852% of GDP) to produce a net worth of at least
$123.8 trillion (723% of GDP).
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What's the problem? The USA has 258% more assets AFTER paying off entirely the national debt of $34.5 Trillion.