Originally Posted By: BroodBuster
So looking at Todd's chart it's not the $20 trillion that's the problem it's also that GDP is tanking at the same time. So if GDP grows relative to debt like it did in the '50-'80s we'll all be good. Got it!

I like to think of a trillion dollars like this. 999,999,999,999+1=1 trillion.

Just starting counting backwards, you'll get there in 30,000.00 BC.
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