Why Did Americans Stop Caring About the National Debt?

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	Why Did Americans Stop Caring About the National Debt? (reason.com)
	4 points by Lisdexamfeta 722 days ago

4 comments

JojoFatsani 721 days ago

Probably because the team who was using it as a boogeyman had to lay out 5.5 trillion in stimulus packages (Cares Act, Consolidated Appropriations act of 2021 both signed into law by DJT).

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blacksqr 722 days ago

Article behind subscription paywall.

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runlaszlorun 722 days ago

“If you owe someone one thousand dollars, you have a problem.

If you owe someone a million dollars, _they_ have a problem.”

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trod123 718 days ago

Lovely, more gaslighting.

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