Don’t look now, but the national debt just blew past $38 trillion in what the Associated Press is calling “the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

The actual debt held by public investors is about $30.4 trillion. The rest is in intergovernmental holdings.

But that’s getting into the weeds, which may be why so much of the public seems to be caught in a perpetual yawn.

Perhaps you have lost interest because we passed $37 trillion only in August. Debt milestones are falling faster than walls at the White House these days.

Or maybe you’re not noticing because you’re too busy also not noticing that the government is shut down.

Public ignores the shutdown

David A. Graham of The Atlantic was keeping score last week. On Thursday, he not

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