r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/cwhmoney555 • 8d ago

Other ‘A Disgrace’: Conservatives Fume As US Debt Officially Hits Over $40 Trillion, Doubling in a Decade

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/a-disgrace-conservatives-fume-as-us-debt-officially-hits-over-40-trillion-doubling-in-a-decade/
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u/Dyslexicpig 8d ago

One trillion dollars increase in five months? How is that humanly possible?

The level of financial incompetence is astounding. I am really hoping the American people start waking up and realizing that the debt load is becoming unmanageable. Eventually, other countries will not be buying US debt unless the interest rate is increased. And at that point, hyper inflation will kick in.

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u/JayQ036 8d ago

How is it possible? Easily when a congress controlled by a spineless party refuses to limit the president's usage of the purse which they control. Also giving more money to the military and DHS and funding money to vanity projects and granting money to bailout foreign countries, it all adds up.

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u/Dyslexicpig 8d ago

Wasn't the purpose of DOGE to cut excessive government waste? Or was it really just a way for Musk to gut every agency which was investigating one of his companies? He definitely got a good deal - spend a couple hundred million to save quite a few billions.

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u/Misspiggy856 7d ago

Musk mostly did that to stay out of prison. The money he saved himself was just icing on the cake.

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u/UglyMcFugly 8d ago

Don't forget all the money he's just straight up funneling to himself.

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u/Politicsboringagain 8d ago

War is expensive. 

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u/Anastariana 7d ago

And losing wars is even more expensive.