Bughouse
Like ships in the night, you're passing me by
No. Donald Trump in fact knows nothing about the debt. That is not the conventional wisdom at all. The US is in no urgent need to default whatsoever.
Our debt is cheap and all that matters in terms of any immediate urgency is whether or not we can meet interest payments. We easily can:
That's not to say there isn't an issue with the debt. There is. It's that we continue to increase it by refusing to balance budgets. Which will only ever happen with increasing tax revenue and/or entitlement reform.
Our debt is cheap and all that matters in terms of any immediate urgency is whether or not we can meet interest payments. We easily can:
That's not to say there isn't an issue with the debt. There is. It's that we continue to increase it by refusing to balance budgets. Which will only ever happen with increasing tax revenue and/or entitlement reform.