The vast majority of the nation’s debt, or about $25 trillion, has been added to its ledgers in the last two decades.
The National Debt Clock in 2011, when the debt was less than half today's total. Benoît Prieur via Wikimedia Commons
SCOTT NORVELL
Mr. Norvell is Washington Editor of The New York Sun.
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