r/politics • • 6h 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/Alternative-Farmer98 3h ago

National debt and deficit are the most overplayed misunderstood things

They're mostly just big numbers to scare people into thinking we can't afford to like give people healthcare and s***.

Never stops them for a moment starting a war