{
  "id": 5997638,
  "title": "Don't panic about the national debt — the US has the wealth to handle it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/dont-panic-about-the-national-debt-the-us-has-the-wealth-to-handle-it",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-06T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/6067230-measuring-debt-vs-wealth/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When the debt is framed as a crushing multiple of one year’s income, the conversation narrows to two unappealing options: cut spending or raise taxes on the wages and salaries ordinary Americans live on. Compare the debt to the country’s total wealth, though, and a different path emerges — one that requires neither austerity nor squeezing the middle class.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}