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This leaves Uncle Sam staring into a $40 trillion hole, deepening by roughly $2 trillion each year.
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Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
How ‘easy money’ from Uncle Sam made Miami a feast for PPP fraudsters
FBI Miami’s Area Corruption Task Force, along with the City of Miami Police Department and SBA’s Office of the Inspector General, investigated Liptrot.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
Moody’s downgrade of the U.S. government debt is rippling through Wall Street on Monday, and CNBC’s Jim Cramer said there is a crucial difference between now and the past two times a credit-rating agency cut its outlook on Uncle Sam’s bonds.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 19 May 2025
Sure, servers work hard and nobody likes paying Uncle Sam.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
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Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
How ‘easy money’ from Uncle Sam made Miami a feast for PPP fraudsters
FBI Miami’s Area Corruption Task Force, along with the City of Miami Police Department and SBA’s Office of the Inspector General, investigated Liptrot.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
Moody’s downgrade of the U.S. government debt is rippling through Wall Street on Monday, and CNBC’s Jim Cramer said there is a crucial difference between now and the past two times a credit-rating agency cut its outlook on Uncle Sam’s bonds.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 19 May 2025
Sure, servers work hard and nobody likes paying Uncle Sam.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
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“Uncle Sam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Uncle%20Sam. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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Uncle Sam
noun
Un·cle Sam
ˌəŋ-kəl-ˈsam 
1
: the U.S. government thought of or represented as a person
2
: the American nation or people
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