return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 days agoUS debt reaches $37 trillion years before expectedwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up1666arrow-down18
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minus-squares@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46arrow-down3·5 days agoSolution: sacrifice the richest people until their wealth adds up to $37 trillion and maybe a few more rich people just for extra security
minus-squareGiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoJust for fun I did the math on this and if the total net worth of the US is about $120 trillion, you’d have to erase anyone with more than about $12 million in assets to pay off the national debt.
minus-squareMyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoThe solution is to stop trading oil in USD then nobody will want it anymore
Solution: sacrifice the richest people until their wealth adds up to $37 trillion and maybe a few more rich people just for extra security
Just for fun I did the math on this and if the total net worth of the US is about $120 trillion, you’d have to erase anyone with more than about $12 million in assets to pay off the national debt.
Doesn’t sound so bad
The solution is to stop trading oil in USD then nobody will want it anymore