How much longer can US continue to print money and how much can National Debt get before total collapse , that is Economy can no longer function?

[douride2]

I did a quick search. The US has been running in debt since 1790. So who knows how much longer they can continue.

[cth2188]

We can’t afford to print anymore money we don’t have? Where is this money coming from?

[MCheetah]

I actually watched a video a while ago on how the US could easily solve the national debt with two quick solutions. One was some system of using bonds against Chinese debt to fix the national debt. And the other was basically legalizing marijuana.

I don't remember the name of the video cause this was like, over a year ago. And of course, this was before the Biden administration intentionally tried to bankrupt the country, since they literally hate America and its citizens (this is not hyperbole or exaggeration).

So all this spending seems intentional, as a way to destroy the US. And I couldn't care less what moron thinks it's a "conspiracy theory" either. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that excessive spending + an entire year of people not working + forcing government workers to lose their jobs due to vax mandates + "Defund the Police" leads to hyper-inflation.https://www.youtube.com/embed/dH5xo8kP4OY

[MuddyMole]

Do you even know to whom the debt is owed, or why it's a problem?

By far the biggest creditor is the US government itself. That sounds crazy, but the way it works is that some agencies (eg. social security) spend less than they receive in tax revenue, and they invest the excess in US treasury notes - so while the government owes money to itself, that's still counted toward the national debt (and comprises more than a third of it).

The other large single component is foreign debt (particularly to Japan and China), but again this is not necessarily a problem. China, despite having a huge national debt of its own (far greater than the US's), is also the world's largest creditor, especially to the third world (see: Belt and road initiative). There's little expectation that this debt will be paid off, but it remains a sound investment for China anyway because the money will instead be recouped through increased exports. Essentially, the Chinese government are just subsidising their own companies, by lending money to the US and other countries, who will then simply spend it on Chinese imports. There's no danger of China trying to somehow call in the debt - they'd just be shooting themselves in the foot.

[Anonymous]

I remember back during the Clinton-Bush Sr. Election when the national debt was a whopping 3 trillion. And it was considered a big number then. But that's back when the national debt was considered a political football still.
The answer to your question is a little complicated because theoretically we can have as much debt as we have assets (not that you want that). And the total assets of the United States is somewhere around 141 trillion. But it's not as simple as that. There's public debt which is the national debt and then there's private debt. Which is the American citizens debt. If private debt is low then public debt can be higher. Also GDP comes into play. Because in short the healthier the economy is the more uncle same can spend.
NOW BEFORE YOU GIVE ME CRAP. Cause I know you will. I'm NOT saying we should keep spending money spending. Only that theoretically we can. It' NEVER a good idea to get into a lot of debt if you can avoid it. And like you said at the end of your question. It's the WASTEFUL, NEEDLESS spending that's a problem. Not so much spending.

[hahahmm]

Don't think it's as much about the numbers as about culture. Cultural decay/decline will eventually lead to a point in time where the system doesn't function. Just like a car that you never changed the oil in... even if 100% of everything else in the car is mint condition. We can see hints of this with the pandemic stuff when so many people decided to quit their jobs or not pay their rent... because they don't feel any responsibility to do certain things that our ancestors would've considered an obligation you don't quit just because it's easier to do so.

[sawno]

If you had no debt you'd have no money, so the real answer is infinite especially if they don't admit they are printing like china probably does and the US probably does to. Inflation is caused trough other means than money printing and Biden executed a couple of the ones that I predicted would cause it.

[Anonymous]

It doesn't matter anymore. A world wide financial crash or fraud will happen in the next year or two. With everyone switching to digital currency it will be extremely easy to commit this fraud. Major banks will likely make some excuse that there servers will go offline for an update. During this time they will say they fell pray to a cyber attack and lost ways of tracking peoples money. Liberals like Biden will immediately blame Russia or Trump for the cyber attack and while the media is pleasuring themselves the government will get away with it. Even people that think bitcoin and cryptocurrency will protect them from this, should take note Biden is currently working a massive tax legislation that will wipe out almost your entire profits. We have backed ourselves into a corner and while most people are asleep at the wheel look what this administration is doing and you will see there setting the ground work up.

[ODC2112]

The problem for the US is not the public debt, but the huge private debt. Private debt will collapse the United States. Small crises like the subprime crisis have already shown how much the US cannot tolerate high debt.
When the day of reckoning comes, life will get rough for the people of the US.

[RealMarek]

As long as the US can force other nations to use the dollar to denominate most of global trade with military aggression and economic sanctions, the sky is the limit. In percentage terms, the dollar’s share of trade is shrinking gradually. When a tipping point is reached, the dollar will be essentially worthless.

[bulletbob555]

I'm not an economist, but I wonder where you get your facts as I know that during the Clinton administration by the end we had a surplus for the first time. As soon as bush senior was elected he told America that since gasoline was cheap and we had a surplus that he should give everyone a rebate. Poof it was gone

[Anonymous]

America has already collapsed Civil War is guaranteed basically at this point. Hyperdenflation is coming They can keep doing this until the Civil War goes hot

[Anpu23]

Japan, with its population of 127,185,332, has the highest national debt in the world at 234.18% of its GDP and is still opperational. In fact the US is 8th in GDP to debt ratio. Though our debt is troubling we aren't at panic point yet.

[JasM0]

We should ask the Romans. Hyperinflation, fixing the market and picking winners and losers in industry brought it about.

[RearEntryGuy]

No worries. Just sell G@G to China and all will be settled.

(We just need to learn Chinese after that LOL!)

[boobliker]

the more we print the more it de-values so the you print more to make it better. just like the oil Baron's as the tax on oil goes up so the Baron's put the oil price up.

[genericname85]

well the entire western world does it. so this time not one country will go belly up. the entire western world will.

[ChefPapiChulo]

lol debt under trump rose by more than any president in history. and he profited off it. He also inherited a booming economy which he ruined.

i really do pity you.

[Slartybartfast]

The national debt explained.
Wars are expensive.

The poor paid in blood while the rich got tax cuts. That's the entire reason we have the debt. The rich never paid thier share for the wars they started.

[andreasderjuengere]

Now: If there's another toilet paper panic...
supply will be safe.

[Kayla45]

It seems like a big problem the united states is going to have to find out how to solve themselves.

[BillyBalls]

The debt service will eventually the entire Federal Budget.