[keewee7]

National "debt" is not debt at all and doesn't work like a person going to the bank and loaning money. There are plenty of countries with higher national debt / GDP ratio than the US and doing better than the US in terms of quality of life.

[garydevenay]

No one is implying, or actually discussing personal debt or likeness to personal debt but you.

Of those with Debt:GDP higher than the US, who exactly are you aspiring to in terms of quality of life? https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/debt-to-g...