You shouldn't worry about the government's $19 trillion of debt

The US government has a lot of debt, about $19 trillion of it.

That's a huge, intimidating number on the face of it, but according to Scott Brown of Raymond James, it's also not a serious issue.

"Just when you thought all the fear-mongering had subsided, the national debt has resurfaced as a topic in this year's presidential race," Brown said Monday in a note to clients.

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