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Happy Deficit Day!

May 4, 2026September 21, 2025 by James R. Harrigan

September 21 is Deficit Day for 2025, something we have been calculating and talking about for some years now.

What is it? From this point forward, for the rest of the year, the United States government will be spending money it does not have.

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