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Does anyone in politics care about a $40 trillion national debt?

By W. James Antle III
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The national debt hit yet another record on Wednesday, and political leaders mostly yawned.

It wasn’t always this way. Deficits and debt were among the driving issues of the 1992 presidential campaign, nearly upending national politics.

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