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America’s national debt plan is ‘clearly not in order,’ says Ken Griffin—he believes part of the problem is Europeans who ‘don’t want to go to work’

America’s national debt plan is ‘clearly not in order,’ says Ken Griffin—he believes part of the problem is Europeans who ‘don’t want to go to work’

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Citadel CEO Ken Griffin is one of many people growing increasingly concerned about America’s $40 trillion national debt burden, and the budget deficits that add to it year after year. But Griffin has an alternative perspective to some of his peers: This isn’t an issue that can be solved in Washington D.C. alone, he says. The feathers of debt hawks have been ruffled further over the past few days following the Treasury’s confirmation that it ran a $2 trillion deficit for the fiscal year 2026. More than half of that deficit came from interest rate payments to service the debt.

Source: Fortune Crypto

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