monica_b1998@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoThe U.S. borrowed $50 billion a week for the past five monthsfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square181fedilinkarrow-up1790arrow-down18
arrow-up1782arrow-down1external-linkThe U.S. borrowed $50 billion a week for the past five monthsfortune.commonica_b1998@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square181fedilink
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 hours agoAre they now over 20 trillions in debt?
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours ago39 trillion https://www.usdebtclock.org/
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 hours agoIt’s not really “debt” when the “debtor” prints the money.
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 hours agoIt is really debt when it stays on the books and the debtor has to pay interest, and servicing all that debt consumes 15% of the budget.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 hours agoStill consuming the countries future.
minus-square___@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 hours agoAllegedly over $38.4 trillion (as of December 2025)
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoYou can track it in real time to see just how fucked the US economy is. https://www.usdebtclock.org/
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours ago20? That was years ago, no? It’s somewhere in the deep 30s now
Are they now over 20 trillions in debt?
39 trillion
https://www.usdebtclock.org/
It’s not really “debt” when the “debtor” prints the money.
It is really debt when it stays on the books and the debtor has to pay interest, and servicing all that debt consumes 15% of the budget.
Still consuming the countries future.
Allegedly over $38.4 trillion (as of December 2025)
You can track it in real time to see just how fucked the US economy is.
https://www.usdebtclock.org/
20? That was years ago, no? It’s somewhere in the deep 30s now
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