return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 days agoU.S. hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemicwww.pbs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1673arrow-down13
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minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoNational debt shouldn’t be called debt. All it does is confuse idiots who think it’s the same thing as their personal budget.
minus-square🔰Hurling⚜️Durling🔱@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoWhat should it be called then? Just woke up and cannot think so I am asking honestly
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoMaybe something like sovereign accrued liability. Make it a snorefest, so it’s harder for news publications to make clickbait out of it.
National debt shouldn’t be called debt. All it does is confuse idiots who think it’s the same thing as their personal budget.
What should it be called then?
Just woke up and cannot think so I am asking honestly
Maybe something like sovereign accrued liability. Make it a snorefest, so it’s harder for news publications to make clickbait out of it.
Inflation indicator.