monica_b1998@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoThe U.S. borrowed $50 billion a week for the past five monthsfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up1736arrow-down16
arrow-up1730arrow-down1external-linkThe U.S. borrowed $50 billion a week for the past five monthsfortune.commonica_b1998@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square129fedilink
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoAre they now over 20 trillions in debt?
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day ago39 trillion https://www.usdebtclock.org/
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day ago20? That was years ago, no? It’s somewhere in the deep 30s now
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day agoIt’s not really “debt” when the “debtor” prints the money.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day agoStill consuming the countries future.
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-224 hours agoIt is really debt when it stays on the books and the debtor has to pay interest, and servicing all that debt consumes 15% of the budget.
Are they now over 20 trillions in debt?
39 trillion
https://www.usdebtclock.org/
20? That was years ago, no? It’s somewhere in the deep 30s now
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It’s not really “debt” when the “debtor” prints the money.
Still consuming the countries future.
It is really debt when it stays on the books and the debtor has to pay interest, and servicing all that debt consumes 15% of the budget.