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monkpityesterday at 11:53 PM2 repliesview on HN

> The US spends almost that much on net debt interest each day

Spends, or accrues?


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bruckietoday at 12:27 AM

Same thing (for now, at least). The U.S. has only defaulted a handful of times, none that I'm aware of since 1971.