• jaschen@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    National debt is completely different than your personal debt.

    Personal debt is when you buy a TV with your credit card. National debt is when a country invests into a highway or opens another school.

    A closer example is when you take on a personal debt to fund a new business restaurant. You’re still in debt but you’re making money and employing people.

    • Numuruzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      And your business is highly successful but never profitable because you’re always in debt and so are most of your employees and customers.