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42 sats \ 3 replies \ @random_ 8 Sep 2024 \ on: Your quality of life metrics are just GDP. charts_and_numbers

Interest on the national debt is 130% of GDP.

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24 sats \ 2 replies \ @teemupleb 9 Sep 2024

You mean debt to GDP ratio?

Interest on the debt probably more than the military budget

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @random_ 9 Sep 2024

Perhaps I'm ahead of my time.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 9 Sep 2024

Yes , interest is now the largest budget item after Medicare and Social Security

Debt will be 35 trillion soon.
GDP is about 30 trillion per year.

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