31792 pts · August 21, 2016
So sorry about losing your pup, @op. Hope you’re doing OK, and glad the cat food will be helpful. Take care
Looks like it’s based on this opinion piece in Fortune https://fortune.com/2026/03/23/us-government-insolvent-fiscal-crisis-fix/ by Steve Hanke is a professor of applied economics at The Johns Hopkins University and a member of the Board of Directors at the Federal Fiscal Sustainability Foundation and David M. Walker is the former Comptroller General of the United States and the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Federal Fiscal Sustainability Foundation.
The US Treasury Dept has declared the US insolvent. $2T of debt added from 1 Oct 2024 to 30 Sept 2025. https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/treasury-just-declared-u-insolvent-151425143.html
$2T of debt added in FY 2025 https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/treasury-just-declared-u-insolvent-151425143.html
(Moira Kelly in The Cutting Edge)
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AI can’t tell the difference between $820 million & $820 billion
After a few hours…
AI
Glorious floofs! Perhaps Poe needs a bag for his stuff? https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/edgar-allan-poe-ka-dot-tote-bag/1001065032/item/64562761/
So sorry about losing your pup, @op. Hope you’re doing OK, and glad the cat food will be helpful. Take care
Looks like it’s based on this opinion piece in Fortune https://fortune.com/2026/03/23/us-government-insolvent-fiscal-crisis-fix/ by Steve Hanke is a professor of applied economics at The Johns Hopkins University and a member of the Board of Directors at the Federal Fiscal Sustainability Foundation and David M. Walker is the former Comptroller General of the United States and the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Federal Fiscal Sustainability Foundation.
The US Treasury Dept has declared the US insolvent. $2T of debt added from 1 Oct 2024 to 30 Sept 2025. https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/treasury-just-declared-u-insolvent-151425143.html
$2T of debt added in FY 2025 https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/treasury-just-declared-u-insolvent-151425143.html
(Moira Kelly in The Cutting Edge)
AI can’t tell the difference between $820 million & $820 billion
After a few hours…
AI
Glorious floofs! Perhaps Poe needs a bag for his stuff? https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/edgar-allan-poe-ka-dot-tote-bag/1001065032/item/64562761/