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Re:US debt: Federal interest payments could soon exceed mili... by calebm on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @10:21AM (#33436236)
"No generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of it’s own existence." (Thomas Jefferson, https://jeffersonpapers.princeton.edu/selected-documents/tho...)
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Re:US debt: Federal interest payments could soon exceed mili... by Ergo19 on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @10:26AM (#33436334)
Our current debt:GDP ratio is ~ 125% these days, so I don't think there's any danger of being unable to pay during this generation.
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