Welcome to the $30 Trillion Club America!

According to the NYT, the US government surpassed $30 trillion in debt for the first time ever February 7th. Pop the champagne!

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/us/politics/national-debt-30-trillion.html

What a wonderful time to have this much debt! 🙂 Interest rates are clearly heading higher, perhaps significantly. What could possibly go wrong?

How did it get this way? Why did we let it happen? Does it even matter?

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therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

Do you know the debt is actually in the quadrillions when you take into account the unfunded/raided liabilities known as medicare, medicaid, social security, Obama care, financial derivatives, not too mention the personal debt of the population.

How did it get this way? A population of willfully ignorant drones addicted to vapidity.

irishmolly72 · 56-60, F

@therighttothink50 Add in the massive underfunded pensions from state and local governments. It's going to be a real party when all this explodes! 🤩🤑🥴😳😨😫