MuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe US has $36 trillion in debt. What does that mean, and who owns it?www.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up194arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·2 months agoThe only time we talk about debt is when a republiQan administration is in office. That’s when the debt explodes. A dem admin fixes it, and repeat
minus-squareMolecularCactus1324@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoClinton had a budget surplus, then Bush put us in 20 year wars and completely fucked it up. He also cut taxes which made it worse, and crashed the economy. Trump also cut taxes and fucked it up worse.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoEven Trump agrees! .https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_k2og1ZmZhw
minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·2 months agoNo 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.
The only time we talk about debt is when a republiQan administration is in office. That’s when the debt explodes. A dem admin fixes it, and repeat
Clinton had a budget surplus, then Bush put us in 20 year wars and completely fucked it up. He also cut taxes which made it worse, and crashed the economy. Trump also cut taxes and fucked it up worse.
Even Trump agrees!
.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_k2og1ZmZhw
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.