Questions? Speak to a live advisor! 1-877-962-1133 Add caption 10 Reasons the Next Financial Crisis Will Be Worse than the Last The elephant in the room? The U.S. national debt exceeded $22 trillion on February 11, 2019. This is more than America's annual economic output as measured by its gross domestic product. The last time the debt-to-GDP ratio was more than 100 percent was in 1946 when the nation had to pay for World War II. The U.S. Government has its Eye on Retirement Accounts . In 2010 Portugal seized retirement account assets to help plug holes with government deficits and debt. Ireland and France did the same in 2011, as did Poland in 2013. The U.S. government has been watching. Since 2011, Treasury has taken money from government workersā pension funds on four separate occasions to cover deficits in federal spending. Investing billionair...