The Trump Presidency

[Satsuki]

Similar to irl credit, holding a national debt actually keeps us afloat. It's weird and ridiculous, like most things.

[kedawa]

You can get by without personal debt if you make a point of it. I don't think that's true of national debts.

[Finch]

if obama didn't buy so many sega games we'd be in a different place now

[Fe 26]

But at what cost?

[Diff-chan]

The big thing that the debt can do is to spark inflation when it gets too high.

And it's one of those things where, once the toothpaste is out of the tube, you're just fucked.

I don't think we are anywhere near that, but Obama was running $400B+ deficits by the end of his term in a better economy.

[Fe 26]

Can we just make McCain the president? He's making a lot of sense these days.

Maybe trumps plan is to be the squid in watchman?

[Rumpy]

So many executive orders are being written and signed that you'd think a presidential term was 6 months, not 4 years. There's not much real world logic behind it. It seems like Bannon's dream come true, just a maniac behind the wheel of an old car. Just change things for the sake of changing things. Beaurocracy stinks, nothing happens or it takes too long so let's just force things by with as few people seeing it before hand as possible. Remove that first barrier of resistance and we'll see how it shakes out. No matter what it's a win in his eyes because, hey this is all of the stuff we talked about while campaigning. It's "the others" that stop/stopped all the good changes you voted for. We did it so you can't turn on us.

[Melf]

if obama didn't buy so many sega games we'd be in a different place now

Shush! This alone will mark him as one of the great presidents of all time!

[Calliander]

Trump will eliminate the debt by just refusing to pay for shit when the bill comes. That's how he has always operated.

This made me laugh in real life. I can't determine what percent of the laugh was related to "now that is funny" and how much of it is due to "aw shit that's probably true."

The big thing that the debt can do is to spark inflation when it gets too high.

Yeah. This much I was aware of and:

Similar to irl credit, holding a national debt actually keeps us afloat.

So hopefully Andrew can fill me in on his concern(s). Not because I'm being a smartass, just so I can get some perspective.

[Andrew]

So hopefully Andrew can fill me in on his concern(s). Not because I'm being a smartass, just so I can get some perspective.

Google "national debt clock." Click the first result. Take a gander at the "cost per individual" and "cost per taxpayer." It's in the upper left corner.

It's understandable that personal finances and those of a nation do not translate 1:1. That having been said, it should be pretty obvious that "business as usual" is not sustainable (to borrow a preferred word of our liberal betters).