• Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    I mean in technical terms, the US can afford another trillion in debt because Warsh can print money forever. It can afford a Universal Basic Income, Medicare 4 All, etc., and in fact may save money in the long run.

    But this is yet another one of the false promises leaving Trump’s sphincters.

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      I mean, not really. For the first time ever, the interest on our national debt has now exceeded what Medicare costs the U.S.