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We pay something like 3% interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_St...

Mostly to ourselves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_St...

... and we're paying less in interest on a percentage-of-revenue standpoint (blue line) than almost any other point in history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_St...

... and if it's truly a concern, picking the guy who ran the worst deficits in history is a... choice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_St...



Debt to revenue leaves out a whole other independent variable, which is other expenses, many of which are set by law. Debt as % of GDP is probably more relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_St...


"About as much as our post-WWII golden age" seems OK.

We'll see about "projected".


Debt to GDP ratio was not the reason for our post-WWII success.


But it certainly didn’t seem to guarantee certain doom as claimed sometimes these days.




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