The US balance sheet is hiding massive unfunded liabilities in Social Security and Medicare (approximately $200 trillion) which are not carried as official debt but should be recognized, making the actual fiscal position much worse than $36 trillion headline debt.
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“the government's balance sheet also does not uh realistically account for the entitlement obligations of about $200 trillion... that would take your $36 trillion national debt to about 236 trillion”
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:33:42 AM
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