from Hacker News

Why Did Americans Stop Caring About the National Debt?

by Lisdexamfeta on 6/21/24, 4:47 PM with 4 comments

• by JojoFatsani on 6/22/24, 12:17 PM

  Probably because the team who was using it as a boogeyman had to lay out 5.5 trillion in stimulus packages (Cares Act, Consolidated Appropriations act of 2021 both signed into law by DJT).

• by blacksqr on 6/21/24, 4:57 PM

  Article behind subscription paywall.

• by runlaszlorun on 6/21/24, 5:02 PM

  “If you owe someone one thousand dollars, you have a problem.

  If you owe someone a million dollars, _they_ have a problem.”

• by trod123 on 6/26/24, 1:40 AM

  Lovely, more gaslighting.