Contributor: No one can grasp trillions. Here's how to make sense of federal spending and debt
- Posted on June 26, 2025
- By Los Angeles Times
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Contributor: No one can grasp trillions. Here's how to make sense of federal spending and debt

The average taxpayer’s piece of the $37-trillion federal debt is about $240,000, or six years of the median income.