The ‘Secret’ Government Document Every American Should Care About

A few weeks ago the Treasury Department published the most important 256-page document that you’ve probably never heard of the annual Financial Report of the United States Government. Your first reaction might be to look at this report as fondly as you look at your credit card account statement. But considering we all have a share in what has become the largest financial institution in world history and a share of related debt that swamps our credit card balances this report isn’t one to toss out lightly with the junk mail. Its importance is hard to overstate.