☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆M to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agoThe US national debt is already grown by $1 trillion in a monthlemmy.mlimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down116file-textcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up14arrow-down1imageThe US national debt is already grown by $1 trillion in a monthlemmy.ml☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆M to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmygrad.ml
minus-square@redtea@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoIs there a way of getting a surplus without having a debt? This is not a rhetorical question.
minus-square@chaoracelinkEnglish2•1 year agoDepends on how you define debt, I suppose? Under a strict definition like “money that you’ve explicitly agreed to repay to a lender in the future”, the answer is simple: “take money without agreeing to repay it” (e.g.: taxes, liquidations, nationalization).
Is there a way of getting a surplus without having a debt?
This is not a rhetorical question.
Depends on how you define debt, I suppose?
Under a strict definition like “money that you’ve explicitly agreed to repay to a lender in the future”, the answer is simple: “take money without agreeing to repay it” (e.g.: taxes, liquidations, nationalization).