▲ 107 ▼ The US national debt now stands at $40 trillion (apnews.com) submitted 1 day ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/politics@lemmy.world 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments We'd have a normal manageable debt if it weren't for Republicans cutting taxes for the rich and big companies
[–] foggy@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 child) There are 989 billionaires. One of them is a trillionaire. I think we could tax billionaires out of existence and nearly settle the debt in one fell swoop. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago With the amount of money that Elon Musk is worth, you could buy every NBA, NFL, MLS, NHL, MLB team in the US with enough leftover to also buy the top 20 European soccer teams. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago With the amount of money that Elon Musk is worth, you could buy every NBA, NFL, MLS, NHL, MLB team in the US with enough leftover to also buy the top 20 European soccer teams. permalink fedilink source parent
