Aren’t the long term effects still unknown @Shaun

@Jj2k00 I honestly don’t know enough about this subject to give you a good answer

@Northwest That and another big problem for the US is the people they chose to be in debt to.

I think they’re banking on a nuclear war that would eventually eliminate all debt @CountScrofula

@Jj2k00 Or more importantly... you don't [i]ever[/i] have to pay off the debt.

Countries primarily borrow money from -themselves-.

I think we all did @Mamapolo2016

@Jj2k00 If they squeezed me for every drop of financial blood, at this moment in time, they'd get $4.02. And they are welcome to it if it helps.

@Jj2k00 The excuse they used to say no to practically everything Obama wanted was because of the deficit and the national debt. Now that they are in charge they cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy while raising military spending, essentially doubling the deficit from what it was at the end of the last administration.

In short, they only care about it when it is politically convenient to do so.

If trump gets re-elected is he on pace to pass Obama for dollar-amount added to the debt? @ViciDraco

@Jj2k00 Don't know, depends on how long the economy holds up. Obama's numbers started super high because that is what he inherited. But they were brought down over time. Trump is trending in the other direction, the big difference is that his numbers are high and we're supposedly in a good economy. If we hit a recession, the spike might be devastating.