Fuck debt. It's nonsense.

[Recursion]

Seriously, it means nothing. All that matters is servicing the debt charge.

[jakeXT]

1. So it's ZIRP and QE /nt

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. But debt service will eventually outpace tax receipts.

[dipsydoodle]

3. You have however got used to low interest rates.

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[Recursion]

4. True. So have the lenders

Do you have something to shake them awake?

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Playing chicken with government shutdowns and debt ceilings may do the trick

We've had the official Chinese news agencies running editorials calling for a new look at a world default currency, for instance.

[samsingh]

6. agreed - repugs want us to cut the debt so their friends can spend

like the drunken sailors Reagan used to talk about (he racked up debt like no one else until the bushes came along).

repugs want to spend and give the bill to the poor and middle class.