Public debt is a strange thing. The gross public debt of the US is 135% of its GDP[1] but Japan has it at 266%[2] and they've done okay so far, too. [1] https:

Public debt is a strange thing. The gross public debt of the US is 135% of its GDP[1] but Japan has it at 266%[2] and they've done okay so far, too. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_St... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_Japan