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Melon

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1. What money to invest? 18.6% of all of our revenue goes to paying a trillion dollars a year in interest

Reply to FadedMullet (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 08:28 PM

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We need to balance spending to our earnings and hopefully reduce debt. By 2036 that will be $2 trillion a year debt. How do you invest when you are borrowing trillions a year?

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Rant from another thread: Years ago, when factory jobs were disappearing, we were told that was OK because the US was.. [View all] FadedMullet Sunday OP

What money to invest? 18.6% of all of our revenue goes to paying a trillion dollars a year in interest Melon Sunday #1

Right wing argument Cirsium Sunday #2

I'm not right wing. Those aren't investments, their debt. Cutting the spending and debt. Melon Sunday #4

I didn't say you were Cirsium Sunday #5

The country needs to cut spending. I agree with you. Melon Sunday #6

TAX THE RICH & BIG BUISNESSES WmChris Sunday #3

And do it in relationship to their profits like the rest of us are. efhmc Sunday #7