Anytime somebody talks in absolute numbers they’re more often than not trying to be deceptive. Absolutely numbers don’t mean anything at all in relation to nati

Anytime somebody talks in absolute numbers they’re more often than not trying to be deceptive. Absolutely numbers don’t mean anything at all in relation to nation debt, the only way to meaningfully quantify it is as a % of GDP (or interest charged as a % of government revenue). The article would give you the impressions that government debt is spiralling out of control, but really the debt/GDP is pretty stable.