The national debt hasn’t been a major issue in the 2026 midterms. But perhaps it should be. As of last month, the United States is in debt to the tune of 40trillion.Thats12zeros,whichaveragesouttoabout40 trillion. That’s 12 zeros, which averages out to about 116,000 per American.  It’s enough that even economists like Jared Bernstein, the chair of […]