Opinion | Why You Shouldn’t Obsess About the National Debt - The New York Times

Specifically, let me make three points. First, while $34 trillion is a very large figure, it's a lot less scary than many imagine if you put it in historical and international context. Second, to the extent debt is a concern, making debt sustainable wouldn't be at all hard in terms of the straight economics; it's almost entirely a political problem. Finally, people who claim to be deeply concerned about debt are, all too often, hypocrites — the level of their hypocrisy often reaches the surreal...

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