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What's really interesting is where exactly the debt is going. If the US were funneling money into long-term programs designed to improve the country and its re

What's really interesting is where exactly the debt is going. If the US were funneling money into long-term programs designed to improve the country and its residents' lives and/or earn some return on investment, that would be one thing. Instead, it seems focused on continually increasing military spending (to little effect - see: Straight of Hormuz) and reducing the proportion of the tax revenues coming from its wealthiest individuals while taking a chainsaw to programs helping the poorest without any significant savings to show for it. You couldn't do a worse job if you were following step-by-step instructions by an adversary for sabotaging the country from within.

kasey_junk 2mo ago
It’s going to paying for an aging demographic and medical care. The same as literally every western country. Which is why I don’t view this as a particularly American issue. America is doing a bad job of addressing this, but it also has more leeway.
- phs318u 2mo ago
  > It’s going to paying for an aging demographic and medical care Is it though? I thought US life expectancy was falling behind the rest of the world? https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/why-american-life-expectancy-is-falling-behind-globally-falling-apart-by-state https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/why-american...
  - robocat 2mo ago
    Longevity depends on your lifestyle more than medical care. Eating foods that reduce obesity and diabetes. Active living and exercise to keep the heart and body healthy. Medical care is more about having an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. Lifestyle is about avoiding falling.
  - halJordan 2mo ago
    Look at any good breakdown of the us budget. It's healthcare all the way down. The programs axed by doge are terribly small (hence why there was no real savings to be had anyway). The military gets far less of the budget than anyone likes to pretend

kasey_junk 2mo ago

It’s going to paying for an aging demographic and medical care. The same as literally every western country. Which is why I don’t view this as a particularly American issue. America is doing a bad job of addressing this, but it also has more leeway.

phs318u 2mo ago
> It’s going to paying for an aging demographic and medical care Is it though? I thought US life expectancy was falling behind the rest of the world? https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/why-american-life-expectancy-is-falling-behind-globally-falling-apart-by-state https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/why-american...
- robocat 2mo ago
  Longevity depends on your lifestyle more than medical care. Eating foods that reduce obesity and diabetes. Active living and exercise to keep the heart and body healthy. Medical care is more about having an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. Lifestyle is about avoiding falling.
- halJordan 2mo ago
  Look at any good breakdown of the us budget. It's healthcare all the way down. The programs axed by doge are terribly small (hence why there was no real savings to be had anyway). The military gets far less of the budget than anyone likes to pretend