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The US just hit a staggering $40 trillion debt mark, forcing interest rates on 30-year bonds to their highest since 2007 and making borrowing painfully expensive. Treasury’s bond-buying efforts only offered temporary relief as spending demands keep rising. Beyond inflation, deeper problems simmer: decades of ballooning deficits, pandemic fallout, and a global AI infrastructure race are draining cash reserves. Meanwhile, corruption is surging globally—even in the US, which has plummeted in Transparency International’s rankings—fueling inequality and political decay. Compounding this, an extreme El Niño and what may be the hottest year ever could unleash climate disaster costs that will eclipse AI spending and government deficits altogether.

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