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National debt shouldn't be called debt. All it does is confuse idiots who think it's the same thing as their personal budget.
What should it be called then?
Just woke up and cannot think so I am asking honestly
Maybe something like sovereign accrued liability. Make it a snorefest, so it's harder for news publications to make clickbait out of it.
And not a peep out of the party of "fiscal responsibility".
Really says something about the Cons, doesn't it.
Yeah they've been pushing that false narrative while being the reason we keep increasing our spending while also cutting revenue for DECADES.
Trumpflation returns. Its the biggest, most beautiful type of inflation where rich people get richer and everyone else pays more.
We cut all those programs and jobs and the deficit still went up?
I wonder what happened to all that money they were saving by doing that?
Then if Dems get in power suddenly Republicans will care about spending again. Everyone knows how this song and dance goes.
Let them eat cake 
Why did no one warn us that a failure of a businessman would utterly fail at the business of running an economy?
First a failed painter. Now a failed businessman. Who's gonna be next?
I can bake a rubbish cake.
And you all got stimulus cheques this time too, right?! Right..?
I'm still living off the last one. I couldn't even imagine doubling such wealth.
$400 check, and $400k in PPP loans that I will totally repay (if I have to)
Anyway where are the Epstein files?
Ask your politicians not us
A Republican, the party of fiscal responsibility, ballooning the national debt to record numbers? Who could have seen that coming??
Damn, those Republicans are great at managing the government's finances.*
*This a scarstic comment
I'm sure you wanted to write sarcastic but I can imagine the happenings recently may have left some scars.
He was president during the pandemic
BuT rEpuBliCaNs R BetR Fur ThE ecONomY!
You'd have to go back to the 1800s for that to even have a chance at being slightly true.
Eisenhower was a Republican and he used social programs to build the US interstate highway system and the infrastructure necessary for the predecessor to our modern airport infrastructure and space program.
The highest top marginal tax rate during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency (1953-1961) was 91%, which applied to the highest income bracket. (Note: In 1952 and 1953, the top rate was 92%, dropping to 91% for 1954–1963.)
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Oh no, this train is not slowing down. It can't. In fact, it has to speed up. At least, the currency debasement has to speed up.
Currency debasement is a great way to kill an empire. I wholeheartedly endorse it.
Kill the American Empire, so the MAGA empire can rise. Just like Weimar
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When does Great Depression 2.0 start?
Been to the grocery store? I’d say it’s ramping up right on schedule.
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bIDeNs eCoNoMiE
And you better believe of the Democrats gain power the Republicans will scream about the deficit until they are blue in the face and then do nothing. Worthless fucking Democrats.
Oh shut the fuck up.
The nazis are literally terrorising people in their homes, gearing for war, and cooking the planet alive.
But no, gotta bitch about the Dems more.
Do us a fucking favour and remove yourself You literally bring nothing but a worthless drain on bandwidth at this point.
He really needs to put something around his neck to cover up his neckitalia. It’s really disgusting
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Unstoppable debt spiral. Basically this, the more people come to realize it's never being paid back, the faster it will grow, and the faster it grows, the more people realize it's never being paid back. It doesn't really mean anything at this point.
Even if that were true, you can’t escape the consequences
Is the U.S. at Risk of Hyperinflation?
There would need to be a significant and highly unlikely drop in production and a massive increase in circulating currency for hyperinflation to occur in the U.S.
You my think that paragraph on the us is encouraging, but consider today’s reality
- disruption caused by general tariffs government investments, and the government reneging on commitments is quite likely to cause a sudden drop in production. There is a lot of recession talk
- the current administration is trying to force the federal reserve to effectively print money, create a massive increase in circulating currency by cutting interest rates, total Y the opposite of what you need to do to control inflation
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Is it great again yet?
Who actually owns this debt? Who is getting the interest payments? It seems like every country runs on some kind of deficit - where is all this money coming from?
Capitalism itself, pretty much
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