Re:People are worried about America's solvency
by altairprime on Monday August 17, 2026 @06:37PM
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This needs three changes to support meaningful discussion and response:
First, all values should be in the same unit; switching from B to T worsens readability here.
Second, it should include the total change as % of GDP as a range across their 4-year term; comparing by actual economic output fractions is better than raw or inflation dollars alone.
Third, the raw dollars should be inflation-adjusted to allow comparison; as presented, no comparison other than sign +/- is meaningful, and especially not of scale of +/-.
First, all values should be in the same unit; switching from B to T worsens readability here.
Second, it should include the total change as % of GDP as a range across their 4-year term; comparing by actual economic output fractions is better than raw or inflation dollars alone.
Third, the raw dollars should be inflation-adjusted to allow comparison; as presented, no comparison other than sign +/- is meaningful, and especially not of scale of +/-.