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by ddeck 4774 days ago
Yes, it is possible. Which is why I wrote little chance rather than no chance. Given the magnitude of the debt however, it is a very unlikely outcome.

Consider that just to achieve close to zero GDP growth over the last nearly 20 years, the government has been borrowing and spending ~10% of GDP every year. It will require an enormous amount of growth to offset even that spending, and you're still at 0%.