Elon Musk said something wild on Monday

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Mar 12, 2025
4:34:35pm

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Elon Musk said something wild on Monday

He said the interest payments on the US debt has now eclipsed the Department of Defense budget.

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Time

Elon Musk said something wild on Monday

TNT

Mar 12, 4:34pm

I fully believe Trump is trying to push us into recession to drive interest

OnEMoReTrY

Mar 12, 4:35pm

Complete reckless spending for many many years

TNT

Mar 12, 4:38pm

there is no rhyme or reason

Deleted

Mar 12, 4:39pm

In order to refinance, you have to have someone that wants to take on the new

Cougforgood

Mar 12, 4:43pm

Wiping out $4 Trillion in Equities to Save a few hundred billion in interest

8-track

Mar 12, 4:44pm

Market cap equity and GDP growth are not the same thing

ABCoug

Mar 12, 10:07pm

RE: Wiping out $4 Trillion in Equities to Save a few hundred billion in interest

SurfnCoug

Mar 12, 10:09pm

Corp America cuts costs but not government? Yes growth needed but cost cutting

Coug Dude

Mar 12, 11:27pm

Yeah no. Trump is just as big of a spender as any Democrat

MaximusMeridius

Mar 12, 4:46pm

If he really cared about getting spending down, he would touch entitlements.

ForzaPuma

Mar 12, 5:09pm

Who says he won't?

OnEMoReTrY

Mar 12, 5:15pm

Trump.

Plantagenet

Mar 12, 5:24pm

Didn’t you learn anything from his first presidency?

OnEMoReTrY

Mar 12, 6:31pm

exactly.

conetah

Mar 13, 8:11am

No.

Plantagenet

Mar 12, 5:23pm

I think it surpassed that last year.

CSoul

Mar 12, 4:35pm

It is a huge problem that politicians love to ignore.

Mar 12, 4:46pm

Well of course. They prefer living hi on the hog to safeguarding the nation

TNT

Mar 12, 4:47pm

And Trump and GOP congress want to spend more

Coug

Mar 12, 4:37pm

Spend more or decrease revenues resulting in higher deficits?

MarylandFan

Mar 12, 4:51pm

It’s our second largest expense behind Social Security. We're headed for

Abe Froman

Mar 12, 4:40pm

We deserve all the pain we get.

MarylandFan

Mar 12, 4:51pm

Why is this suddenly news? Like no one knew we were in heaps of interest debt

Coug Dude

Mar 12, 11:38pm

Economic growth is the main way to pay down the debt.

Plantagenet

Mar 12, 5:25pm

One can ignore reality, but one cannot ignore the consequences of

Mar 12, 7:18pm

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