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What is the plan for our national debt?
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:36 am
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:36 am
Will it just continue to grow unchecked?
When will it become a bigger problem?
When will it become a bigger problem?
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:37 am to Eli Goldfinger
It was reduced by 100 billion the past 2 months.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:38 am to Eli Goldfinger
I haven't really seen a realistic plan. Realistic to me is revenue increase with spending decrease.
Good luck with that.
Good luck with that.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:39 am to Eli Goldfinger
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What is the plan for our national debt?
Purge all democrats from Congress.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:40 am to Eli Goldfinger
Do nothing until a Democrat is back in the White House when it will then become the most pressing issue again.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:41 am to Eli Goldfinger
Conservatives are not about reducing debt. They are about reducing revenue. Big difference.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:41 am to AUstar
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Purge all democrats from Congress.
This guy thinks Republicans don't have a spending problem. The truth is we ALL have a gov't spending problem. We want cuts until they affect us and massive spending cuts affect us all.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:42 am to Eli Goldfinger
Dave Ramsey Snowball??
What is our smallest debt? It's Ebay isn't it?
What is our smallest debt? It's Ebay isn't it?
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:44 am to LSU alum wannabe
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Dave Ramsey Snowball
That would actually be a great approach.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:44 am to Eli Goldfinger
Do I need to post that article again about how much of the national debt consists of social security and retirement funds and how misleading that number is?
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:45 am to Bench McElroy
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Do I need to post that article again about how much of the national debt consists of social security and retirement funds and how misleading that number is?
Please & thank you
This post was edited on 3/21/17 at 10:46 am
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:47 am to Haughton99
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This guy thinks Republicans don't have a spending problem. The truth is we ALL have a gov't spending problem. We want cuts until they affect us and massive spending cuts affect us all.
Now that trump is in office and republicans control congress, you strangely don't hear nearly as much about the deficit any more.....
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:47 am to The Spleen
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Do nothing until a Democrat is back in the White House when it will then become the most pressing issue again.
Which, funny enough, is the exact same strategy as the Dems.
Maybe the Dems and Reps are friends after all.
Frick them both.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:47 am to Eli Goldfinger
quote:The plan is to continue to be the biggest world power of all time with the go-to currency among all countries. Or, we could mint a 10 trillion dollar coin and deposit it in the treasury, thus paying off half overnight.
What is the plan for our national debt?
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:48 am to Eli Goldfinger
when it takes $20 to buy a loaf of bread, $20T will be nothing.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:48 am to LSU alum wannabe
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Dave Ramsey Snowball??
What is our smallest debt? It's Ebay isn't it?
Gov't debt and personal debt are apples and oranges. That's been covered here.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:50 am to cahoots
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Now that trump is in office and republicans control congress, you strangely don't hear nearly as much about the deficit any more.....
Which, funny enough, is the exact opposite of what happens when dems are in office.
Frick them both.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:50 am to Eli Goldfinger
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What is the plan for our national debt?
Ignore it
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:50 am to Eli Goldfinger
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Please & thank you
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The U.S. debt is $19.9 trillion. Most headlines focus on how much the United States owes China, which is one of the largest foreign owners. What many people don’t know is that the Social Security Trust Fund, aka your retirement money, owns most of the national debt. How does that work, and what does it mean?
The U.S. Treasury manages the U.S. debt through its Bureau of the Public Debt.
The debt falls into two broad categories: Intragovernmental Holdings and Debt Held by the Public.
Intragovernmental Holdings. This is the federal debt owed to 230 other federal agencies. It totals $5.554 trillion, almost 30 percent of the debt. Why would the government owe money to itself? Some agencies, like the Social Security Trust Fund, take in more revenue from taxes than they need. Rather than stick this cash under a giant mattress, they buy U.S. Treasurys with it.
Which agencies own the most Treasuries? Social Security, by a long shot. Here's the detailed breakdown (as of December 31, 2016).
Social Security (Social Security Trust Fund and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund) - $2.801 trillion
Office of Personnel Management Retirement - $888 billion
Military Retirement Fund - $670 billion
Medicare (Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, Federal
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund) - $294 billion
All other retirement funds - $304 billion
Cash on hand to fund federal government operations - $580 billion.
Debt Held by the Public. This is the rest of the national debt, totaling $14.403 trillion. Foreign governments and investors hold nearly half of the nation's public debt. One-fourth is held by other governmental entities. These include the Federal Reserve, as well as state and local governments. Fifteen percent is held by mutual funds, private pension funds, savings bonds or individual Treasury notes. The remaining 10 percent is owned by businesses, like banks and insurance companies, and an assortment of trusts, companies, and investors. Here's the breakdown:
Foreign - $6.281 trillion
Federal Reserve - $2.463 trillion
Mutual funds - $1.379 trillion
State and local government, including their pension funds - $874 billion
Private pension funds - $544 billion
Banks - $570 billion
Insurance companies - $304 billion
U.S. savings bonds - $169 billion
Other (individuals, government-sponsored enterprises, brokers and dealers, bank personal trusts and estates, corporate and non-corporate businesses, and other investors) - $1.349 trillion.
As you can see, if you add up the debt held by Social Security and all the retirement and pension funds, nearly half of the U.S. Treasury debt is held in trust for your retirement. If the United States defaults on its debt, foreign investors would be angry, but current and future retirees would be hurt the most.
LINK
Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:51 am to Eli Goldfinger
You should learn about how the financial system works. The only real way to pay it off is to get rid of the central bank.
Only person to pay it down was Andrew Jackson. He got rid of the central bank.
Only person to pay it down was Andrew Jackson. He got rid of the central bank.
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