Why Haven't We Had A Debt Crisis... Yet?

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Published3 months ago
Duration18:42
Video IDmlc1_IYWMzk
Languageen
CategoryEducation
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Made for KidsNo
Video TypeRegular Video

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Views74.1K
Likes3.8K
Comments606
Engagement Rate5.95%
Likes per 100 views5.13
Comments per 1K views8.17

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The Billionaires' Resource Playbook → https://clickhubspot.com/42c657 ---- Sign up for our FREE newsletter! - https://www.compoundeddaily.com/ Books we recommend - https://www.howmoneyworkslibrary.com/ Listen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5gi1JobDJC3QqaF4aKfenR?si=f3IsgWIlSKObF8BT1Fitig ----- My Other Channel: @HowMoneyWorksUncut @HowHistoryWorks Edited By: Svibe Multimedia Studio Music Courtesy of: Epidemic Sound Select Footage Courtesy of: Getty Images đŸ“© Business Inquiries âžĄïž [email protected] Sign up for our newsletter https://compoundeddaily.com 👈 All materials in these videos are for educational purposes only and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. This video does not provide investment or financial advice of any kind. #economy #debt #money ---- For as long as most of you have been alive, we have been told that federal debt is a major crisis just waiting to happen. For more than a quarter of a century at this point we have become very well acquainted with images of this debt clock, and the increasingly regular government shutdowns where they play hot potato with this ballooning hand grenade. If all of that wasn’t annoying enough there is almost the uniform flip flop between politicians taking turns to be very concerned about “fiscal responsibility” depending on if they are in or out of power at that time. t’s a powerful message
 but they do seem to forget about it pretty quickly once they are in office and fixing it would require actual sacrifice, and if we are being honest with ourselves, it’s almost easy to see where this indifference is coming from. We were told we were at an inflection point when we crossed 10 trillion dollars in debt, and then 20 trillion, and now we are approaching 40 trillion dollars in total debt or 130% of our GDP
 The rate in which we are taking on new debt is also accelerating, almost half of all of our outstanding borrowing has been done in just the last 6 years
 and yet
 on the surface, you would be forgiven for thinking
 not much has changed
 And I don’t just mean that in the sense of “why haven’t we turned into Greece yet?” because this also raises a more important question
 the government has spent 15 trillion dollars more than it has brought in through taxes in just the last half decade alone
 so why don’t we “feel” 15 trillion dollars richer? When will this debt, actually become a problem?

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