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Re:Fitch Downgrades the US Rating to 'AA+' by gjsman-1000 on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @08:24PM (#36965237)
It doesn't take an economist to take one look at statistics like this (among others) and think, "that doesn't look promising."

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A091RC1Q027SBEA

Or, well, a lot of just general statistics around the debt once you consider what they literally mean.

https://www.usdebtclock.org

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Re:Fitch Downgrades the US Rating to 'AA+' by creato on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @09:11PM (#36965670)
Apparently you do, because that chart shows inflation more than anything else.

The chart you actually want to make your point is this one: https://www.crfb.org/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%20202...

Which is still not great, but it isn’t an arbitrary exponential with no context.

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