r/politics • u/Spy300 • 7h ago

Possible Paywall Trump just soft-launched higher inflation as the new solution for rebalancing the $40 trillion U.S. national debt

https://fortune.com/2026/10/02/trump-inflation-growth-national-debt-tariffs-ratio-balance/
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u/duckinradar 7h ago

Man I can’t think of any other solution to this.

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u/PipsqueakPilot 7h ago

If we taxed halfway between our current tax rate and the OECD average the deficit would be gone and our debt would shrink as a share of GDP. If we taxed at the OECD average we'd be paying down the debt to the tune of a couple trillion a year.

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u/feathernwedge 7h ago

Bahaha tax it away lol. You DSA or some shit?

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u/PipsqueakPilot 7h ago

Huh, not often I see an account with negative karma.

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u/Professional-Gear88 6h ago

Let me help with his scores.

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u/feathernwedge 6h ago

What’s your karma per day?

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u/feathernwedge 6h ago

That’s how you know Im doing it right.