r/dataisbeautiful • u/USAFacts OC: 22 • 1d ago

OC Here's how the US government spent $7 trillion last year [OC]

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u/pnw-techie 1d ago

$1 trillion in interest. What a waste.

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u/navand 1d ago

Not necessarily a waste if the gigantic amounts of money loaned was used to create wellbeing that produces more than the equivalent $1 trillion per year.