(The Center Square) – The U.S. national debt continued to soar in 2023, surpassing $33 trillion.
It's still rising rapidly. The U.S. Treasury Department estimates the national debt at $33.87 trillion, but the deficit figures for December could put the figure over $34 trillion.
For fiscal year 2023, which began on Oct. 1, 2022, and ended Sept. 30, 2023, the deficit rose about $1.7 trillion. The feder…
