The US reduced debt following World War II and what it would take to do so again (rand.org)

They reduced the debt under Clinton. It’s a question of political will not physics. US taxes are low compared to their counterparts and they could choose to raise these taxes for various activities.

Hate to have to say it... but killing all the people you owe money to. Its not like reputation means anything to this prez

One overlooked factor that helped the US after WWII is that we were the manufacturing base for most of the world for decades after the end of the war. Over 50% of manufactured goods were made in the US in the decade after WWII.

The debt is owed to themselves. They printed more money and issued more bonds. It's not a mystery.

After WW2, we had a lot of young people working. Now we have a lot of old people not working and out-voting the young to take their money to propagate Boomer Luxury Communism.

My own country used to care a lot about not spending more then comes in. But when other countries are spending billions on their creditcard this becomes increasingly difficult so we're releasing the floodgates! And you can borrow A LOT with a triple A credit score.

Tracking Altera's FPGA chips for field programmable and gate arrays. Fourth-generational warfare following semiconductors and cyrogenic propellant.

[1]: https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/09/a-software-glitch-not-...