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The U.S. government is insolvent. That’s not hyperbole — it’s the conclusion drawn directly from the Treasury Department’s own consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025, released last week to near-total media silence. The numbers: $6.06 trillion in total assets against $47.78 trillion in total liabilities as of September 30, 2025.

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[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

You seem to be saying reasonable things. Can you tell if this is… normals? Whatever that might mean.

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