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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican lawmakers unveiled a bold new plan for the federal budget: to forgo paying down the national debt in favor of waiting for the second coming of Christ and the world to be ended in fire.

"That would really take care of all our problems," House Speaker Mike Johnson said in an interview on Fox News. "Come, Lord Jesus!"

The National Debt is reportedly in excess of $36 trillion and growing. Republicans, previously on the side of fiscal responsibility, claim the federal debt is so out of control that only the end of time could possibly wipe the slate clean.

"I mean, there won't be anything left when the world is destroyed, but at least the debt will be gone too," said Senator Ted Cruz. "Let us eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow

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