Congress Reinstates Year Of Jubilee, Cancels $40 Trillion National Debt Before Reading Rest Of Leviticus 25

Lawmakers celebrate biblical fiscal wisdom, then quietly clarify that land restoration, debt relief for citizens, and any personal sacrifice were “ceremonial provisions.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress voted overwhelmingly this week to restore the biblical Year of Jubilee after discovering that it could be used to erase the nation’s $40 trillion debt without requiring a single member to stop spending money.

The actual federal debt passed $40 trillion this month, according to Treasury data and recent reporting.  Lawmakers said the milestone made it clear that the country needed a bold spiritual solution, preferably one involving an ancient command with an extremely selective modern application.

“Leviticus teaches liberty throughout the land,” said one congressman, signing the National Jubilee Debt Reset Act with a commemorative shofar-shaped pen. “And what could be more liberating than telling every creditor, ‘We have prayerfully decided this no longer counts’?”

The biblical Jubilee described in Leviticus 25 involved a fiftieth-year reset that included restoration of ancestral land, release from bonded labor, and limits on long-term economic dispossession.  Congress praised the “debt reset” portion as deeply relevant, while classifying the rest as “contextually complicated.”

“Returning land to original families would be impractical,” said one senator. “Freeing indebted people would be expensive. But canceling a number on a Treasury spreadsheet? That is exactly the kind of Old Testament principle we can all rally around.”

When asked whether the same Jubilee might apply to Americans burdened by student-loan balances and high interest rates, lawmakers grew visibly concerned that the Constitution might be in danger.

“Now hold on,” said a representative. “The federal government’s debt is a national emergency. Your student debt is a personal-growth opportunity. One involves the future of civilization; the other involves a very character-forming monthly payment.”

A separate provision of the bill requires borrowers with crippling student-loan debt to continue making payments at interest rates described by Congress as “an important reminder that wisdom begins with budgeting.”

The bill directs the Treasury to replace every federal debt figure with the words “IT IS FINISHED,” followed by a small asterisk noting that the government plans to borrow again on Monday.

At press time, congressional leaders were studying the feeding of the five thousand to determine whether it could be applied to the federal grocery budget without involving any actual loaves or fish.