MuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 个月前The US has $36 trillion in debt. What does that mean, and who owns it?www.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkThe US has $36 trillion in debt. What does that mean, and who owns it?www.aljazeera.comMuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 个月前message-square15linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·10 个月前No one has ever “fixed” the us debt in the past 20 years or more. It’s just the US is the main military super power, so no one is about to call them on it.
minus-squareAmidFuror@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 个月前No, but the deficit has periodically been eliminated. You can’t fix the debt by running a surplus for a couple of years and then slashing taxes / raising spending again.
No one has ever “fixed” the us debt in the past 20 years or more.
It’s just the US is the main military super power, so no one is about to call them on it.
No, but the deficit has periodically been eliminated. You can’t fix the debt by running a surplus for a couple of years and then slashing taxes / raising spending again.