How deep are we in the hole?
Our national debt–and other obligations/entitlements–now exceeds the annual economic output of the entirety of human civilization. And that’s an optimistic estimate.
How deep are we in the hole?
Our national debt–and other obligations/entitlements–now exceeds the annual economic output of the entirety of human civilization. And that’s an optimistic estimate.
Two Senator (I forgot who) did a bipartisan effort to measure the hole.
They came up with the deft at $66 trillion.
They also figured that all assets in the US combined were worth $59 trillion.
But…but…Trumka says we have LOTS of money….
BUSH’S FAULT!
Yeah, and we “extremists” have been hollering that this was coming for thirty years.
Seriously, I’m having a hard time these days deciding which I detest the most: leftist idiots who believe in magic, or “pragmatic moderates” who think that if you take a barrel of feces and add a gallon of ice cream, that somehow that makes the feces acceptable.
It wouldn’t help if the proportions were reversed, either.
It’s not our national debt that’s that large (national debt is all outstanding debt securities), but rather our debt and all projected unfunded liabilities.
That was just unclear to me, so I was noting it.
Actually, I am relieved by this. We can go back in time and pay off our debt in cowry shells.
“…now exceeds the annual economic output of the entirety of human civilization”
We’re number one! I am so proud.
The EU owes twice as much, approximately.