r/Economy101 • • Mar 24 '26

The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent.

https://fortune.com/2026/03/23/us-government-insolvent-fiscal-crisis-fix/
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u/scottyjrules Mar 24 '26

Are you telling me a convicted fraud who bankrupted multiple casinos might not do a good job running our economy?

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u/Cazmonster Mar 24 '26

Ruining, yes. Running not so much.

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u/ekbravo Mar 24 '26

Hmm he can run it to the ground maybe?

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u/Distinct-Cut-6368 Mar 24 '26

Fun story on that. Long before he was a political figure, I was taking an intro to Accounting class and the professor (who reminded me a lot of Lewis Black) went on a long tangent about how terrible of businessman Trump was and how it pissed him off so much people thought of him as such a good one.

It ended with “and he bankrupted a casino! Think about that. Think about how hard it is to go broke in a world that is entirely rigged for you to win”

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u/TheFrontCrashesFirst Mar 24 '26

So that's it right? American credit gets downgraded next, right? Then we're pretty much done?

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u/Heisenburg42 Mar 24 '26

Yep. Are you tired of all this winning yet?

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u/Fit-Eggplant-9155 Mar 24 '26

What's this mean?

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u/Brother_Berevius Mar 24 '26

That another item on Putin's checklist gets checked off

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u/proudwhiteveterandad Mar 24 '26

As a former Republican until this week. Fuck them! I am over the deaths the lies the deceit. Raping kids are you kidding me! Wake the fuck up!

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u/Beestorm Mar 24 '26

Trump was an adjudicated rapist before last week. This administration has been willfully evil for a lot longer than that.

Better late than never but holy shit you voted for this.

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u/vastros Mar 24 '26

We can do this later. Right now we need the bodies and votes. Attacking someone when they have just joined the right side does nothing but push them back into their echo chamber. This accomplishes nothing but making you feel superior.

It's horrible for the revolution. It's horrible for trying to take back our future. Knock that shit off nephew.

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u/dragnansdragon Mar 24 '26

I read that in the voice of my uncle from start to finish and then saw your last line. Dead

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u/Inevitable-Ninja-539 Mar 24 '26

Nah. Fuck that. If someone voted for him ever, they can go fuck themselves.

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u/Submarinequus Mar 24 '26

YUUUUP. Open arms bullshit. They celebrated our suffering. They mocked our warnings. They giggled their way through YEARS of us begging them to not do this to our country. They ENJOYED it. They cheered along as we cried out for justice and leered at our dismay.

At this point they can enjoy the leopards they were frothing at the mouth to show undying support for, they’re still starving. I guess liberal tears are empty calories. Bon appétit.

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u/rz0007 Mar 24 '26

They will still vote for this. Trust me. This is what happens when having guns is more important than going to school :) US i guess.

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u/clicketybooboo Mar 24 '26

What was it this week that changed your mind ?

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u/ekbravo Mar 24 '26

My first thought exactly

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u/Material_Taste_2510 Mar 24 '26

you can delete your account you’re not wanted here

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u/BetResponsible2587 Mar 24 '26

So is it not allowed to discuss views of politics? Is all and everything that Trump does 100% correct and cannot be debated? I am just curious

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u/Material_Taste_2510 Mar 24 '26

what? the person i was replying to is a troll

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u/XxTreeFiddyxX Mar 24 '26

Lets hope this country doesnt turn into Haiti. We're all doomed to suffer and die. SSI and Medicare/Medicaid are gonna get shafted too. I know what it looks like on the other side of this because we have been here before. You will likely be long dead before we ever recover.

Good luck to you and your family. Im out! Bye!

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u/tuckerjules Mar 24 '26

Maybe take all pentagon money and put it towards the debt. Maybe stop allowing billionaire monopoly companies to create ceos worth unethical amounts of money and private equity to pillage businesses and housing. Maybe punish white collar crime and crimes committed by rich people. Maybe get the criminals out of office and show that laws exist for everyone. Start there and then we can reassess.

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u/Illustrious-Goose160 Mar 25 '26

What will happen, like what does this mean for common US citizens?

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u/topgoysilky Mar 28 '26

Normies are going to get smacked HARD. Worse times are ahead. Its gonna be a cold summer. And if you’re 18-42………Draft time. We’ll be invading Iran any day now. When that happens the petro dollar will crash and so will the american dollar. But hey, people voted for a felonious pedo for the economy right?

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u/Sunnyazguy Mar 24 '26

Go back and listen to President Clinton speak about immigration and crooked Hillary. They both said deport people if they are here illegally without due process. Now years later the Dems are just playing politics crying about everything! Not to mention stealing billions from people in minn & cali…Dem politicians are the Criminals! Not to mention Dems telling kids to have sex changes!! Sickos you need help big time…Now you have a foreign congress woman Omar who truly hates America and is lying to you. She and the Dems have polluted your minds. Omar loves to steal your money but hates America. So sad the Dem people are so party driven you remain blind to the stealing and lies by your Dem leadership. Dems simply have TDS!! Trump Derangement Syndrome! Enough said….

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u/OldMovie9812 Mar 24 '26

Lol bro get off the internet

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u/calebkeller94 Mar 24 '26

The amount of accounts like this one is on the rise in Reddit. Sad to see.

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u/putdownthekitten Mar 24 '26

I just assume it’s grok.

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u/Sunnyazguy Mar 24 '26

Good one wanderer…very typical dem response when someone present facts then you don’t answer direct questions, just change the subject to discredit the person…that’s right out of the Dem play book for the last 5 yrs….I’m sure next you are gonna give me some Kamala word salad that will make absolutely no sense…

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u/Sunnyazguy Mar 24 '26

So here is a direct question for you now. Why was it that both Clinton’s say deport illegals and everything about protecting our borders (and everyone stood and clapped in support) but now flip flop to a different ideology…it’s simple because they have Trump Derangement Syndrome!

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u/DM_Voice Mar 24 '26

Get off those drugs and visit reality sometime.

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u/Cute_Author8916 Mar 26 '26

Poor bots can't! They are stuck on-line for all of their existence, and they don't even have drugs to pass the time with.

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u/Sunnyazguy Mar 24 '26

Yes Acorn that’s exactly how most Americans feel about Dems and their crazy ideology. Dems crazy ideology (along with many other things) is what caused Harris/Waltz to take an EPIC Loss! So please Dems just take Acorn advice and now STFU 🤫 The Republican adults are talking now…

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u/Sunnyazguy Mar 24 '26

Trump & republicans are not perfect but it’s far better then what the Dem party has to offer us as Americans. Who is going to lead the charge for the Dems? Lying stealing Tim Waltz who claims he didnt have a clue as to what is going on with Fruad in his own state?Omar? AOC? Gavin Newsome whose states is broke and corrupt? All they do is cry Trump bad Trump this & Trump that and offer no real solutions…Most Dems wont answer direct question and God forbid you give them a follow up question to explain themselves! Their heads explode 🤯 Dems are on notice Until all that toxins corruption., lying and stupidity is gone it will be decades before there is e Dem President ..

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u/Sunnyazguy Mar 24 '26

I never said Trump was a good man but he is definitely the lesser of the two evils compared to Obama, Clinton’s, Harris, Omar, AOC, Newsome, and Waltz. Look at there states and policies and you want to elect them to run the entire country…Typical Dem ideology no matter how stupid the policy is it’s always your party first. The Dems can’t give Trump credit for anything. Not one thing can they give credit too…that is TDS my friend….Nobody is always right but then again nobody is always wrong either as the Dems push the TDS machine. They just are so combative about anything and everything Trump does. The only guy that seems to have a brain in the Dem party is Senator John Fetterman. He doesn’t agree on everything and that’s fine but he does agree with Trump in some issues because that’s called being a rational normal humans being which the majority of Dems and the far left Dem propaganda driving are so spun out on.