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It was hard for me to gauge what percentage of total debt that is, so a quick search indicates that by end of year 2018 the US government debt is going to be 21
by mastermojo 8y ago
It was hard for me to gauge what percentage of total debt that is, so a quick search indicates that by end of year 2018 the US government debt is going to be 21.4 trillion.
Roughly 20% of US government debt is held by itself.
- mikeash 8y agoI believe it's more than that. The Social Security trust fund holds another ~$3 trillion in federal debt.
- stonemetal 8y agoAccording to the national debt's Wikipedia page 5.7 trillion is owned by the government. That ends up being about a forth of it.