{"id":221364,"date":"2026-08-20T19:16:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/three-things-to-know-about-the-40-trillion-federal-debt-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T19:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:16:44","slug":"three-things-to-know-about-the-40-trillion-federal-debt-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/three-things-to-know-about-the-40-trillion-federal-debt-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Three things to know about the $40 trillion federal debt &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTFA0WWM4OTFiQ1RXRTFadDhWc2JRVDk1b3J4NTdTNVpNd1dzYkpaUUdQYnRtQ1p0VENvek9WY0VvWllNSVNsYlRYbTNEWTFtSlM3eTFEZERQN0ZmUEt5X19lWHFDVUFONVAxV1FwVUtiVVlHcW1ZWERCSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Three things to know about the $40 trillion federal debt<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxQZU9FNkJFTmo0bW9kR1dXd2M2NTgwN3NUTEdJS2VqcmUyWDFkM0hmRDZldy14bEJCY1B2T0FpMlN0WlM2bWNwZHVFcXdCd21CbXNQNUxLX2pxVkhqb1JrUnN3TGp1X29hQUdaWGtSTlluaWJ1U1BGajRRblRiaHYwMzZuYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Starve the beast\u2019? 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The $40tn cost of Republicans\u2019 false promises to cut spending&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian U.S. government debt passes $40 trillion, more than doubling in a decade&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC U.S. Debt Soars and Scott Bessent Steps in as America\u2019s Bond Trader in Chief&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ How the US government pushed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news-video","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}