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The National Pork Producers Council is hailing what they call a momentous week after Japan ratified a new trade agreement with the U.S. last Wednesday.

America's ever-growing debt crisis is in the trillions -- more than $14 trillion, give or take a few billion. That's a lot of zeros, numbers so large they're sure to make Americans numb when trying to get their arms around what it means to them. But what would the federal debt crisis look like if you set it up as a household budget?