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    <title>The Minutes of David Friedberg on fiscal crisis</title>
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    <description>Everything David Friedberg has said on fiscal crisis: 4 verbatim quotes between October 2022 and April 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the…</description>
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      <title>Friedberg states California has 600 billion to one trillion dollar pension shortfall.</title>
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      <description>“The estimate currently is that there&#x27;s 600,000,000,000 to a trillion dollars in the whole. Okay?” — Chris Williamson</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Friedberg states California pension shortfall is estimated at $600 billion to $1 trillion in unfunded obligati</title>
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      <description>“There are some estimates that say that the pension shortfall in California for public employees that have retired is 600,000,000,000, maybe as high as a trillion dollars short of the legal obligations of payments that need to be made to those retirees” — All-In Podcast</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Friedberg warns the US is already paying a trillion dollars annually just in interest on federal debt.</title>
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      <description>“And this year, we&#x27;re already paying a trillion dollars just in interest on the debt that the federal government owes to its bondholders, to the people that own treasuries.” — Tom Bilyeu</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Friedberg warns US debt service could hit $1.5 trillion, over a third of the federal budget.</title>
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      <description>“We&#x27;re spending $800,000,000,000 a year on debt service right now. That could skyrocket to $1,500,000,000,000 which is over a third of the federal budget each year going into next year.” — Megyn Kelly</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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