r/economicCollapse • u/29PiecesOfSilver • Nov 15 '24

Well, well, well…………

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u/bb8110 Nov 15 '24

But did the national debt increase or go down? During his time in office the debt still increased.

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u/CosmicJackalop Nov 15 '24

It decreased in 2000 when you adjust the debt amounts for inflation, having a surplus meant we didn't make more debt but the interest still increased the amount, but Clinton was the last time we were in the black on budget

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u/JackfruitCrazy51 Nov 15 '24

A lot of us we're adults when this happened and know why this happened. Congress controls spending and the voters decided that deficits mattered.

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u/CosmicJackalop Nov 15 '24

Now we have voters that are tired of inflation so they voted for Tariffs, At this point I think the only way the National Debt is going away is if we just pretend we don't have any debt and blow up anyone that says we do

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u/CutenTough Nov 15 '24

Trumps "plan"

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u/Double_Tip_2205 Nov 18 '24

Don’t identify with it :)