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Debt Day comes early this year. Unfortunately, it's nothing to celebrate.
The symbolic "holiday," which falls on Sunday, marks the point in the fiscal year when government spending exceeds revenue.
In other words, the government will stop making money and start borrowing on Sunday.
And it's coming earlier than ever, according to House Minority Leader John Boehner, who's pointing to Debt Day as yet another symptom of a government he says is spending too much, borrowing too much and taxing too much. Last year's Debt Day fell more than three months later, on Aug. 5.
Happy Debt Day: Government to 'Run Out' of Cash Sunday, Earliest Ever - First 100 Days of Presidency - Politics FOXNews.com (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/04/24/happy-debt-day-government-run-cash-sunday-earliest/ - broken link)