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Twenty-five years. $8 trillion. And the veteran care bills haven't all come due yet.

Almost none of it was paid for — which means the interest clock started on September 12, 2001, and it hasn't stopped.

Americans say they need $1,460,000. The median worker has $107,269.

That's a gap of more than $1.3 million — and the stock market just had one of its best stretches in recent memory.

We built it for a Gulf War. It's emptying during one.

153 Days. 193 Years. Same One Trillion Dollars.

The most recent trillion took five months — March to August. That compression is what 153 days actually means

Six cuts. Then 162,000 jobs. Now a hike.

That surprise sent rate-hike odds to 63% before markets closed Friday.

In seven months, the U.S. labor force shrank by more than 1 million

The August jobs report drops at 8:30 this morning. Here's the number that won't make the headline.