By Alex Wong | AFP – 16 hours ago

Politicians: "Gimme more, more, more!!! Spend more, more, more!"

US gross debt shot up $238 billion to reach 100 percent of gross domestic product after the government’s debt ceiling was lifted, Treasury figures showed.

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