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 Why can't 4.9 trillion be right? 
 I can’t believe that the American economy makes that much. If it does, then wouldn’t paying the debt back be doable 🤷‍♂️ 
 They have proven themselves incapable of cutting spending. They have spent more than they took in every year for a long time, except for a short blip in the 90s. 

It's a leadership problem. 
 Well that’s even more depressing 
 If only there were some sort of asset with a limited supply that we could hold to weather the storm