We're at $37 trillion today - https://www.usdebtclock.org/
There are only 3 options:
- Debt decreases
- Debt remains the same
- Debt increases
Guess what the number is, optimistic (DOGE) or otherwise (uni-party), at end of Trump's presidency come 2029.
Someone will revisit this thread and we'll see how we all fared.
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$0. Not because we'll miraculously figure out how to not spend more than we take in, but because the U.S. will go bankrupt. The tipping point will probably be after we get pulled into another regime change on behalf of our 'Greatest Ally' that prompts the MIC-whores in Congress to approve 10's of trillions in deficit spending to 'ensure our military is prepared' or somesuch because we can always just print more money to pay for everything forever with no consequences. Inflation becomes hyper-inflation, the Weimar Republic Story-Arc hits the season finale, and the economy collapses. Bonus points if some of the other major powers nudge us along into economic ruin directly or indirectly.
$52 Trillion. The number always goes up.
Too damn high.
It will be about 43 trillion. There won't be any meaningful spending cuts.
$42 trillion for me.
^^ I'm already regretting this bet, and it hasn't even been a week. It remains at $42T, will be fun to see how far (under) it is by then.
I'm going to go for the longshot bet, and say just under $40 trillion. About 5% growth after all the drama, leveraged into 5% more allowable debt.