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“Between 2009 and 2012, the federal government recorded the largest budget deficits relative to the size of the economy since 1946″

They wouldn’t have to raise the debt ceiling unless it was going to be the largest debt ever.

WHAT YOU OWE
$16.699 trillion current debt ceiling
316,809,000 people in the USA
$52,709.99 the amount every person owes (the largest of all time)

Visitors to the President’s website at whitehouse.gov are greeted with a pop-up that reads:

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Information about government operating status and resumption of normal operations is available at USA.GOV.