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Re:USAspending – How U.S. government money was spent in 2016 by zbobet2012 on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @01:02PM (#14301770)
Except we keep "borrowing" money from Social Security, so it might as well be counted towards the general budget.
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Re:USAspending – How U.S. government money was spent in 2016 by ashark on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @01:13PM (#14301907)
Why the scare quotes? You think the government will default on that debt?
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Re:USAspending – How U.S. government money was spent in 2016 by phkahler on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @01:34PM (#14302140)
Yes, many in the government don't want to recognize it as real debt and don't want to figure out how to pay it back.
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