The 1.7% Reality: A Historic Slowdown No One Wants to Admit For decades, the United States ran on momentum—innovation, expansion, and a steady growth rate that averaged over 3% since World War II. That engine is now sputtering. The latest projections peg long-term economic growth at just 1.7% annually for the next 30 years. That’s not a recession. It’s worse. It’s a permanent downgrade. A slow bleed instead of a sharp collapse. And here’s the problem: slow declines don’t trigger panic. They normalize dysfunction. The Debt Bomb: $182 Trillion and Counting Let’s strip away the political spin. The federal government is on track to hit $182 trillion in debt by 2056. That’s not a typo. That’s roughly $2 million per…
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