The national debt is actually close to $90 trillion, not $30 trillion

[YouSayPotato]

By the end of 2021, the federal government had $28.43 trillion in federal debt. However this does not include unfunded liabilities for future Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid payments, which come to another $60 trillion in debt. This is not the distant future. Social Security goes broke in 2037, Medicare goes bankrupt in 2026 and Medicaid's trust fund runs out of money in 2028.

From the article linked below: "The unrecorded debt — about $60 trillion — works out to roughly $240,000 for every adult living in the United States, but the country’s median wealth is a mere $44,900 per adult."

$80 Trillion

 

[Nbergbuck]

By the end of 2021, the federal government had $28.43 trillion in federal debt. However this does not include unfunded liabilities for future Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid payments, which come to another $60 trillion in debt. This is not the distant future. Social Security goes broke in 1937, Medicare goes bankrupt in 2026 and Medicaid's trust fund runs out of money in 2028.

From the article linked below: "The unrecorded debt — about $60 trillion — works out to roughly $240,000 for every adult living in the United States, but the country’s median wealth is a mere $44,900 per adult."

$80 Trillion

Congress (both parties) stopped actually giving a sh** about the debt long ago. Now they only pay lip service and point fingers.

 

[Boilermaker03]

Congress (both parties) stopped actually giving a sh** about the debt long ago. Now they only pay lip service and point fingers.

Which is why everyone that doesn't think it's an issue needs to go.