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I know! Give everyone $5000! A Very Stable Genius

Trump has been the king of debt and default in his many decades of business dealings.

This administration is not about paying debt, they are about making money for themselves so "they" are not in debt, let the American people pay the interest bill The consumer nation eats its own

Agree. As Warren Mosler has noted, Treasuries are universal basic income for the rich.

Or is it a lack of self-control? 🤔

Are you sure it didn’t just need fitness videos, T tests, and public executions? Hard to believe the war Trump won 6 months ago is still going on.

We certainly don't need more dumb battleships.

The real question is what sort of military does the United States actually need for defense, not offensive force projection of an imperial power? Which is the wars in both Iraq and Iran as well as most US military actions since WW2. Maybe the entire plan not matter how one funds it is evil.

The defense industry is our back door national industrial policy (socialism). No congressperson is going to vote to close the missile, tank or submarine plant in their district until the last moment.

i try to wrap my mind around how our country is going to survive, but i can't. the breakup of the united states in inevitable.

As long as the 1% own stock in for profit defense contractors, or own PE firms that back defense contractors the budget will continue to balloon & we will continue to use million $ weapons against 5 figure weapons. It’s all a big Ponzi scheme, and the tax payer is always at the bottom of the pyramid

Haven’t been able to reconcile cash in over 2 decades (and counting).

I would say the Debt is the second biggest threat to the Nation, Donald Trump being the first.

Even prior to MAGA, the GOP showed no interest in dealing with unsustainable trends, whether this was debt, climate change, inequality, tribalism or the collapse of trust.

It’s not just the direct impact. The US has been able to leverage access to its air technology for foreign policy. The UAE and F35’s, Turkey voting Sweden into NATO for F-16’s, right back to Egypt getting F-4’s as part of the Camp David deal. Drone tech is edging that bargaining chip off the table.

If so, then Republican Party commitment to the lie of trickle down economics might be the underlying cause of the greatest threat to national security. It translates in practice into undermining the policies that contribute to future economic growth via investment in infrastructure, education, etc.

Climate change ranks right up there with the federal debt for being significant threat to national security. Notice how the right ignores that factor. The world knows solar/wind power is the way to go, but current U.S. leadership is dangerously ignoring it.

Axios: The global fiscal reckoning is here www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Anyone remember this ad from 1986? The Deficit Trials 2017 - (1986 WR Grace Commercial by Ridley Scott) focusing from the US Federal Debt of $2 Trillion in 1986 youtu.be/sBtWTzJVgrU?...

Well, I fully expected Trump to bankrupt the federal government. Isn't that how he runs his businesses? Straight to ground.