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Just curious: Does the debt number include unfunded liabilities for social security, medicare, etc?
by digitalengineer 14y ago
Just curious: Does the debt number include unfunded liabilities for social security, medicare, etc?
- mseebach 14y agoNo, "public debt" is at 73%, including "intragovernmental holdings" (social security etc) it's at 105% See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt#Measuring_debt_relative_to_gross_domestic_product https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt#Meas... and refer to the first paragraph of the article of a definition of the two debt types.