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‘This cannot be sustainable’: The U.S. borrowed $50 billion a week for the past five months, the CBO says (finance.yahoo.com)
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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Why does it need to be sustainable? They're milking it for another quarter. Rinse and repeat, until they flee the country.

[–] MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just another casino-er-country to bankrupt for him.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 14 points 1 month ago

Luckily all the citizenry is getting good value, with the increasing quality and availability of government services.

[–] opus86@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago

When you elect a guy to run a Government like a business, it only works for the investors and no one else.

[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

May the US soon collapse.

[–] limer@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

It’s a feature and not a bug, because it’s working as designed.