[ElProlactin]

Just to be clear: you're talking about federal and state non-military spending.

And about 10% of this is interest. So over the course of a year, the US is paying about $1.25 trillion in interest at the federal and state level.

[rayiner]

Why wouldn’t you include state spending? That’s the level of government primarily responsible for infrastructure and education.

[ElProlactin]

I wasn't making a judgment about including or not including state spending. It's just that "US governments" is not a common way for Americans to describe federal and state. People think federal when they see "US government".

[rayiner]

Gotcha. Was being lazy and typing on my phone, sorry.