Wait - didn't you forget that USA can simply create new dollars and pay off its debt? ... causing HUGE inflation of course but then the debt is paid in full.
@@DavidFilskov Well yea, that is the obvious solution. But this would result in a complete crash of the dollar, the world might even stop using it as the reserve currency because of its instability. Investors would invest in other currencies as well.
It would definitely weaken USA's sovereignty also because the people who got paid all those new dollars would probably use their strengthened monetary power to buy a lot of resources and business in America.
REALITY CHECK: Mr. Buffett, we electronically generate we the peoples' $s in order to meet federal expenditures without any real negative consequences, and without the need to have even one cent of federal tax revenue $s being involved which translates to mean that we do not have a national debt in the first place. To belabor the point, it is impossible to borrow or payback, for that matter, we the peoples' electronically generated $s, thus no real national debt, just a pretend national debt that is really nothing more than our irrelevant federal deficit, as far as the amount whereas exactly what we the peoples' electronically generated $s are being spent on is the real issue. My full name is Oscar Dean Windham, and I am the most censored, the most suppressed scrivener/author in the entire world because I comment publicly about the fact that we do indeed now routinely electronically generate we the peoples' $s in order to keep our federal government's lights on, so to speak.
@@DavidFilskovNo. The belief that “printing money” is the answer is a dangerous one. Think of it this way, there is only 100% of anything. So, for arguments sake, think of the value of the dollar presently as our 100%. If you print more money, that means you’ll have more dollars divided by the original 100%. This means that the value of each dollar becomes diluted or devalued in order to keep your 100% value. If this continues on a global scale, then our dollar will be devalued and devalued until the dollar will be valued at lower rates than other currencies from other countries. When that happens, America will not longer exist.
The US economy cannot survive without continuous credit and debt creation. The FED will print more money and the average American will go just that much further in debt. Meanwhile, foreigners lust for the greenback. Their economies are in worse condition than the US... if that's even possible. Someone is going to be left holding the bag...
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The government can either default, pay it back through massive austerity/reduction in annual deficit spending, or inflate it away. I bet it will inflate by printing more US dollars to service it. So buckle up, retirees!
The debt is high because we are trying to run a government that doesn’t tax the rich which simply won’t work. We need to get back to 1960s tax rates so we can start running surpluses again. Certainly we can save on the spending side too but it’s the lack of revenue that’s the biggest part of the problem.
somewhat but almost no Federal income tax is paid by 50%+ of tax filers - and that percentage doesn’t even include the many who don’t file at all. This is the largest percentage in recent history of Federal income tax. But getting rid of that freebie for a majority of Americans is going to be very politically difficult.
The debt load is staggering, and it's crucial we address it. I've been following the work of the Hoover Institution, which highlights the consequences of high debt levels, including reduced economic growth, increased interest rates, and decreased government flexibility.
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Nominal GDP growth is averaging around 5% per year long term. This means a balanced federal budget will reduce the debt quite rapidly as a percentage of GDP, with no drama whatsoever. We can even comfortably run a 1-2% of GDP federal deficit annually and still have the debt reduce as share of GDP at a decent clip.
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The problem is, that every time Republicans control everything, they give huge tax cuts to their wealthy donors and add them to the deficits. That has caused the majority of the national debt we have now. The wealthy pay virtually nothing in taxes anymore as a percent of their income. About one third what a working family does. With the people that have all teh money not paying taxes, that kinda causes. And no, in 40+ years, not a nickle ever "Trickled Down", they kept it all. Yeah, and bought your house to rent back to your, maybe that is the trickle down Republicans are talking about.
"...at the suggestion of Elon Musk I will create a government efficiency commission task with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government and making recommendations for drastic reforms..." Donald John Trump Yes! Yes! Yes! "...I can end the deficit in five minutes you just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for reelection yeah now you've got the incentives in the right place..." Warren Buffett All the rich people who created and benefited by the problem are now going to tell us how to solve it. hmmm...
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I just withdrew my profits a week ago, To be honest it was an amazing feeling when the profits hits my wallet I wish I could reinvest but, too much bills
Let Warren Buffett solve it. I am all for what he proposed. Solving problems is what counts, getting reelected is not a good incentive for solving problems. That's what got us the problems to begin with.
@@RipMinner But reelection could also be based on power. Not just money. It should be based on improving the country's well being and prosperity as a whole for all people in it.
No mid terms. 1 four year term only. No pension. No large pay checks for any government, your supposed to be doing a service to the country. No lobbying. Support staff reduced by 50% like the private sector.
Our new old President wants to look to the private sector for advice, with Musk and Ramaswamy working on it. No doubt they will pay attention to other noted business people like Buffet. We will need help in Congress to do whatever can be done, and that will be difficult if the Democrats stick to their old slogan from a recent Democrat President, "IwillnotnegotiateIwillnotnegotiateIwillnotnegotiateIwillnotnegotiateIwillnotnegotiateIwillnotnegotiateIwillnotnegotiate." They do not need to negotiate, because they want to fundamentally transform America (into a failed state?); bankruptcy will destroy the America we have now, leaving them an opportunity to create their brave new world.
"The Basics" are the "participants" are not paying their share of taxes while they accept the countries environment that allows them to benefit from it.
Nor can we spend our way out of debt. Hyperinflation and ultimately the demise of the currency system! Where going to witness it? I think that's for sure!
Increasing taxation just means the government will spend even more. Governments are not there to help you they are in power to control you. It is counter intuitive but if you keep income and business taxes low the government actuall y collects more tax. Why? its called the Laffer curve. No need to have complex tax structurs if you keep the tax at 15-20%..
Let's see...the people in government spend more than it should and then expects bailouts by those who learned to control their spending aka the 1%. Makes total sense. Also, as a country spends more than they should and then keeps implementing higher and higher taxes it only ends up benefitting the 1%. But hey, no one learns real economics anymore. That's for suckers.
@@carloscruz1285they control their spending alright, who funds the campaigns again? So the people we vote for are put into place by who’s massive pac donations? 😅
@@jamese.9239 yes. That's called controlled spending. They are making an investment and on top of that they aren't dumping all their life's savings into that investment. Really? This was the strongest argument you could bring? Furthermore, ask yourself this: Why do most of the top 1% support democrats? Answer: Because democrats want higher taxes and more spending which causes inflation to rise. You know who benefits from these policies? The rich. How? Well when middle class people can no longer afford to hold onto their assets, guess who's waiting to scoop them up? Rich people. The rich aren't becoming poorer when these policies are implemented. What greedy rich people do not want is a level playing field. This is where poor and middle class people have a chance to reach the 1%. Lower taxes, less government regulation, lower inflation, which causes assets to be more affordable and the poorest can rise to the top. Common sense isn't so common anymore. 🙄
The top 1% will pay most of the taxes. However, what eventually ALWAYS happens as “Tax the rich” laws are passed, is those laws affect the middle class the most. As they are for the most part living pay Check to paycheck.
The US spends more on defense than the next 65 countries COMBINED. Nearly $1T... That is OBSCENE! The damage would be if you cut that budget... MANY jobs would be lost and hurt the economy even more! We're running on a gerbil wheel! That's why Musk wants to crash the economy and do a reboot, which will only hurt the lower and middle class, of course...
Much of it (Defence spending) is social security of medicare for veterans, national civil engineering, make work activities for the lower strata who avoided jail, etc. It (spending under defence budget) also makes US look Big, when other nations want to look 'lean' about their aggressive tendencies ;-)
It’s too easy to say cut defence but actually that is really is the beginning of the end of the US. Debt and not being able to sustain its army that will be the end of this Empire
That mean that per every single American his dept is round about 104 k$. So a family with two children has a dept of 416 k$. That sounds a bit horrible.
The Feb prints money out of thin air, you don't need to worry about paying the national debt from your pocket. You need to worry about inflation. Buy assets that float with the boats.
The question is how long do you have to pay it, are you going to pay it, and will the kids take on the remainder. A bit of a "mortgage" - debt (gage) continues after death (mort) - Paying for the family house [french]
Crash or no crash, when everything is pushing ATH, it's time to start trimming some of the fat and increase dry powder. looking at the growth projections of 7-figure portfolio I can't tell where the market is headed, Do i hold on or perhaps I should just sell off assets and avoid the panic?
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@@murdo_mck He is also on record of having one of the biggest lobbying presences in DC. On a weighted basis he has more presence than Apple and Nvidia. It's easy to show clips about him talking about his secretary while ignoring his government contracts. I mean his Coca Cola shares alone will bankrupt the US from diabetes.
Well, as one of the richest BILLIONARES in the world, Buffet fails to mention how the cash give-a-way to billionaires like himself have contributed TRILLIONS to this debt! Imagine, a billionaire doesn't think he is part of the problem.
Don't forget, last time Trump was President, they cut income taxes and soon the federal tax income set a new record high; of course, the politicians spent all that and more. Lower taxes stimulated the economy, people and companies made more money and paid more taxes. Further: a lot of what we hear about taxing the rich is just simple empty BS, there are not enough rich people to make that much difference; and, we should not call this "trickle-down" economics, which was a theory that the rich would spend money for goods and services and the rest of us would work to provide all that - again, there are not enough rich people to make that work. Cutting taxes leaves money in the economy to build factories and companies and create goods and services for all to buy ("supply-side" economics) and people who have jobs can buy things. We are in debt because the government steals our money and spends it foolishly.
So the question is, do we, as a country, take care of our people, or do we cut taxes for the top 1%. Answer: cut taxes for the 1%. Why? Because they are the people who matter.
I'm old enough to remember a quote from Dick Cheney, something like "this is our due" about tax cuts for the wealthy. Those rich guys really deserve a break😀 Buffett says otherwise but what does he know ...
The top 1% are in the highest tax bracket. The IRS will take extra money to pay off the national debt. You can send the difference between your tax bracket and the top one to them.
@@camgerewhile that’s true. The ultra wealthy pay very little to no income tax. The live off of loans taken out against their stock investments. Loans don’t count as income. When they do sell stocks for cash, the capital gains tax is capped.
@@DeltaHouseStudios Here in California even long-term capital gains are 20% federal plus 12.3% state. 32.3% is NOT "very little". They can and do lose principal in investments. Their investments may well allow your company to hire more employees. Your paycheck is risk free short of the company going bankrupt. Maybe the real question is why are they so productive and you aren't?
Of course the solution is to return to taxing corporation as we used to, in excess of 60% of Profits. Our social safety net was setup based upon these tax rates and now can no longer support our safety net as Corporations are paying little or NO taxes😮
Mr. you say , that. anytime there is a deficit of more than 3 % of the GDP all the sitting member of congress are ineligible for reelection , haw can that happen if they are the one that make the low?
Stephanie Kelton says you shouldn't worry about the deficit. Your explanation of debt spiral makes more sense. Can you make a video on modern monetary theory? And what they mean by deficit isn't a real issue?
When a country issues more money to finance debt the rate on the debt rises to take this into account and the value of the currency falls, both of which cut the money left over 🤔
@@TonyTheTGR If debt causes inflation then why is our inflation only 2.6%? Why is Japan's inflation only 2.5% when their debt-to-gdp is twice as high as ours?
Yes! Other economists have made the same point to disarm the “Armageddon” syndrome people try to stir up as a new distraction to the “grand theft secret programs”.
Its not that the US cannot repay its debt. we can. the problem is that when we have a positive deficits that start lowering t he debt, we have congress seeing an opportunity to spend (and waste) money, thus making us have more deficits for that year. we need a congress that isn't going to overspend, so we can reel in the debt owed slowly.
The argument over who gets the next tax break has been our downfall financially. The leaders have been afraid they couldn't get elected if they hinted at austerity. Everyone pays a bit more in taxes and little or no new programs. And some streamlining in government. A flat rate of tax with no limit and no loopholes. Those who benefit the most from our country owe to most to it for their prosperity. Not a popular view with anyone but is a reality check.
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This video can't even get straight what Warren Buffet said which is that the national debt is in his mind but it's not a constant worry today that he devotes a lot of time. . And the reason this video doesn't understand is that it's important to consider whether the cas raised by assuming debt is being spent wisely. Good business sense understands that debt is actually good business practices if spent on things that are more productive than the cost of that debt. Personal debt examples include buying a car and a home. By assuming debt that may exceed 10x annual salary, the industry visual is vastly more productive getting to work and home in far less time and is less tired at work. A stable roof overhead contributes to less time and energy wasted dealing with troubles related to finding shelter and living space. A federal government that ensures affordable healthcare is available to an entire workforce can mean healthier and more productive workers. Reliable energy and good roads can mean more capable workers, too The PR boem with videos like this is that it promotes unsophisticated and at times ignorant concepts like balanced budgets and debt ceilings. I'm not saying that debt and spending should be unrestrained but that there should be reasonable and informed discussions not based on very wrong ideas. Debt should be affordable and proceeds spent to increase productivity and as long as there is a net positive, let the debt grow.
Predicting inflation starting to rise again this quarter while leading indicators showing economy slowing (not to mention governm*nt figures pumped up for the election). Global economy very weak which affects US. Fed dropping rates 0.50 shows they're VERY worried about financial downturn/crisis. interest rates coming down are also an indication banks are LESS willing to loan money into existence. The question here is where is the inflation going to come from in the near term? Consumers are mostly tapped out which is 70% of US economy (consumption). Yes inflation very likely to return but not before it continues to come down... Inflation can be a concern, but remember, certain assets like stocks and Crypto’s acts as a hedge. Long & short-term trading is generally safer, allowing investors to weather market volatility. I have managed to grow a nest egg of around 3.2 B'tc to a decent 27B'tc in the space of a few months... I'm especially grateful to Jinny Franz, whose deep expertise and traditional trading acumen have been invaluable in this challenging, ever-evolving financial landscape.
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The comparison to house hold debt, while easy for people to understand, is erroneous. Unlike an individual, if the economy grows then the government debt is smaller in comparison to the size of the economy. If you cut government spending then the economy will shrink making the debt MUCH LARGER. And much more difficult to pay back. Cutting spending in real terms led to the economy shrinking in other countries. It’s been tried and it does not end well.
List the countries that can repay their national debts. Take into account their debt to GDP ratio. The GDP seems to have been driven by government debt, not by real economic growth. The entire world is at the edge of a precipice.
You made a comment of "GDP as a part of government spending" I think that's actually the scariest part of ouf economy. And even scarier, we could patch together a history of this going as far back as FDR and with each passing decade since FDR the American economy and the people have become more dependent on Federal spending as a jobs creation due to labor wages and cost of living becoming a real paralleling matter that's created a further dependency on deficit spending to try and maintain a high standard of living that cannot sustain itself. We use to manufacture products and sell them abroad to bring new money's into America creating the vast wealth we now are acustom to, but we have exchanged manufacturing and selling to spending and consuming....
@ that’s every nation’s reality. Even China has passed their miracle economic growth years and that country faces fast growing national debt to sustain a minimum annual growth.
True, the U.S. nat'l debt will never be repaid, and should have to as it's almost entirely "debt" of interest owed to the Federal Reserve, which is owned by 5 trillionaire families who've been collecting interest payments since 1930. Congress needs to pass a law to eliminate the debt, and start over, with a law mandating the Fed's must balance the budget, every year, as states do, or all of Congress is terminated with no pay. China's 800 bil debt should be paid off immediately!
It's not debt. The country can choose not to issue bonds or reduce the size of the bond market by taking ownership of bonds. The bond market is a traditional and rather anachronistic service to investors that provides a secure savings location. In some ways, they act as a unemployment benefit for rich people.
2:08 a d there really isn’t any alternative That’s isn’t true. USA disestablished Gold Standard( Bretton Woods System) in order to finance wars(Vietnum, Gulf, Afganistan, Iraq, Ukraine, etc.) and shift wealth from majority to minority. The solution would be reestablishment of Gold Standard in financial system and the society. Tough part is the revaluation of Wealth and changes in financial and other laws. Real performance and good works should be rewarded and not falsehoods, loudmouths, greed, and laziness. There should be consensus that not only the presence but also the future counts.
Since the debt crisis could unleash carnage on the stock market leading to economic downturns. We need to be prepared for potential market volatility. how can I secure my $80K stock portfolio against declining?
It's a good idea to seek advice at the moment, unless you're an expert yourself. As someone who runs a service business and sells products on eBay, I can tell you that the economy is struggling and many people are struggling financially.
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We certainly can balance the budget. Then we can trickle down into the debt, if we want, which we don't. Servicing the National Debt seems to be an economy all its own.
"When all else fails, they'll take you to war"...But, you've got a very free and democratic choice. Which war would you like to fight in, the Russian war ot the Iranian war???
The US has no intention of paying off it's debt. The last and only time that the U.S. had no debt was in 1835. Since then, we have operated our government at a deficit most years. The last time we ran a surplus was 1998-2001, during most of Clinton's 2nd term.
I think the politicians already saw it coming long ago before the general public (because of proximity to the issue and responsibility for managing it) and have been not only playing the game of kick the debt can as long as you can, but also flipping through switches that catalyze short-term growth and profits, without abandon, knowing we’re well on the way to the end game.
The government needs to increase taxes on the wealthy people in order to pay the USA debts! They hold too much money and not equally distributed. That includes wealthy politicians!
That is partly true. If however you were able to confiscate the wealth of all the billionaires in the US, that might cover the deficit for a year or year and a half but then what would you do after that?
as long as the republicans refuse to make the ultra wealthy pay their fair share of taxes- we'll never have enough money. as bernie sanders said- THEY NEED TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES.
You equate John's situation with the entire country's situation. This is an elementary fallacy since John can't create fiat money like the US can with its sovereign currency. The US can pay off its national debt today if it wants to. Holders of this debt are forced to take US bucks - whether they like it or not. There may ensue adverse consequences were the US to do this, but the point is that John can't.
Why are social safety net programs like Medicare and social security always shown as high expenses (which could theoretically be trimmed) while ignoring the costs of massive wasteful military spending and excessively low corporate and high income earners taxation. The pentagon and corporate ceos are swimming in money while everyone below them struggles to make ends meet. It boggles the mind of the average citizen.
WRONG. instead of cutting medicare and social security- TAX THE ULTRA WEALTHY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES. you would see our deficit go down immediately.
Because medicare and social security are unaffordable. Government needs cuts across the board with a butcher's cleaver. Socialism doesn't work long term and neither does empire.
The government is simply a reflection of its citizens. Most spend with abandon with no consideration of living below their income & no thought of saving. Homes & autos normally have to be financed. It’s the buyers responsibility to not overspend on those items. I learned about money as a teen in the 80’s living a home that spent like mad & where 1 parent got a new car every other year so that every year there was 1 new car in the garage. Since marrying in 1998, we’ve never bought a new car & bought homes that were cheaper & therefore smaller than we could afford. Savings has always been a priority.
I’ll make an analogy. You take a mortgage at say 5% and invest it in a house that you rent and produces twice your mortgage payments. In that example you have two choices, 1) with the extra cash flow you produce, you increase your mortgage payments by twice and pay the debt faster, but then you reduce your capital, which is working for you, or, 2) you keep paying the debt at the original rate and invest the excess cash flow in the stock market, which gives you a return of 10%, so you are netting a 5% return (this is called leverage). The choice is clear, you stay in debt and keep your capital to make extra money. And then there is an even better option, as long as you’re credit worthy, you keep borrowing, you keep investing the extra cash flow, and keep making even more money. That my friends is what Uncle Sam does for a living. They are in no rush to pay any debt.
The US never has to pay its debt down…sounds crazy right? It’s true , but don’t take my word for it…check it out. Be an active participant in your own rescue
All we need to do is stop overspending, prevent the debt from increasing for a couple decades. due to inflation the value of the debt will keep decreasing. Eventually we could start paying it off.
I guess we should just repudiate the debt and deal with the consequences sooner rather than later. It's not like we're ever going to make significant budget cuts.
I think of a debt spiral as someone who does not take appropriate action. Like: 1) raise taxes on the rich, 2) get rid of the social security maximum, 3) implement the rule (that used to be in place) that corporations cannot buy back their own stock, 4) implement universal healthcare that the GAO has already estimated would SAVE this country over $400 BILLION, 5) completely halt all oil and gas subsidies. That just for starters.
I believe it was Brazil that declared bankruptcy more than once then got things back on track. The down side would be that the dollar would be worth about 10 cents on the dollar.
Just reduce military spending, close all oversea military bases, call back all naval ships, submarines, army back to base. Limit spending on unnecessary items, limit imports etc. Need a lot of focus on domestic issued instead of messing with wars in Ukraine and Israel.
Click bite... It's like all these titles like "America won't make it to 2024". And of course you add a picture of Peter Lynch and Buffet somewhere. Financial TH-camrs replay the old recipes and formats because they don't have anything new to add really. It is sad and pathetic.
I agree with you fully. Unfortunately the incentive is to do so and so by design it’s going to make the quality go down the toilet and since quantity rises it just makes it less likely that you can find something truly useful.
!!Elon Musk has played a major role in the campaign, especially in sectors like energy and automotive. With Trump winning, there's uncertainty, as the market has been full of surprises. It's wise to follow professional advice.
already, I can see wild swings in the market due to the trump win. I am really confused on how I can make gains on my $500,000 on these market movements without any loss to my money.
Agreed, I'm in line with having an advisor oversee my day-to-day investing because my job doesn't permit me the time to analyze stocks myself. Thankfully, my portfolio is well-diversified and has just 5X'd in 5 years, summing up nearly $2.7M as of today.
The market will always undergo changes and various challenges, so if you want fo reach your goals , you have to be really focused and do your due diligence. Also having a financial consultant like Adriana
The US SHOULD never pay off its debt. It is a measure of our financial wealth and power in the form of public and private retirement accounts, state and local government savings, social security and Medicare payments, the financial system including the Federal Reserve, and support for the US dollar. It's okay to keep our debt at some level, but 3% of GDP is likely way too small (Neoliberalism). It's likely not enough to cover social security and Medicare we pay into. If the government paid off all of its debt, there would be very little money in the banking system. The US is not a teenager with a credit card.
He could give up his enitre net worth and service America's debt for a few days. Funny the deficit took a sharp turn upwards after the "messiah" was elected, lol
Paying back the debt issue comes in picture when the nation has surplus budget. Even we can have hope when the President show the zero deficit. Since last two decades USA has a fast rising Budget deficit. At that point, payout of debt is out of the question!!!
If the Govt. balanced the budget and paid down the debt 100 billion a year, it would take 350 years to pay it off. That's why they say it can't ever be paid back.
This is the most nonsensical load of clickbait since the invention of clickbait. Who that has US government bill, notes, or bonds (i.e., government debt) thinks they will not get repaid? There are issues with deficit spending, not all bad, but this ain't one of them.
Does BRICS mean nothing to you? It's only clickbait if you think money printer go brrrt is just a meme. The only growth in our economy is from government spending - negative feedback loop.
In the 1970s, when the debt was not yet a trillion dollars, people were alarmed. Back then, no one talked about it as a percentage of GDP. And it was considerably less than a percentage of GDP, maybe a third. Now people aren’t alarmed by it, despite it being more than 100% of GDP.
Because nothing bad has happened to the American people yet. But it will, it's inevitable. Eventually the world will reject the US dollar as the reserve currency.
I just want to be John. I live in a place where I don’t know anyone who makes $5,000 a month other than the few business owners who are paying everyone less than $15/hr for 30 hr/week jobs and the few government workers in town.
If you look at the graph at 0:29, you'll see that the national debt really starts to take off in 1980. I wonder if the events of that year had anything to do with this. I'm only asking. (heh heh)
The Two Santa Clause Theory has been widely successful and insanely expensive! As much as it pains everyone, corporations and billionaires have to go back to paying something in taxes...
The way to deal with the debt is for the government to stop increasing the debt, service what they are able and let the economy grow. In twenty or thirty years it will be more manageable. But the political tendency to overspend is powerful and it's hard to envision this occurring before we take serious damage.
The political problems we have are in large part because of two things working in tandem, That we are one of the largest if not the largest economy AND that we can print money practically indefinitely. This combination is just sooo alluring, too alluring, to power hungry people.
The USA can repay it's debt no problem. The real question is does the United States have the Congress that is willing to do what's necessary to pay the debt. And are we willing to end the central bank charter to prevent future debt.
WB said it…. It doesn’t really matter… with the global currency being the US dollar something will happen once the dollar isn’t…. This is where gold and silver along with other precious items will take over
The Fed can print any amount of money, so it can pay the Debt if Congress wants to. Also, the USD is a international currency. The Fed is not just printing money for the USA, it's printing money for the world. Are we printing too much, I am too lazy to find out but BitCoin is doing well so I think we are printing too much.
Easy answer = Art Laffer Supply Side economics. Set your house in order so every policy is driving hard to increase supply. Just announcing the policies alone (Trump atm) increases the value of the US$. But we also have to understand that there's no easy way out of some inflationary pressures for the first few years. I recommend reading Econoclasts by Brian Domitrovic for an in depth understanding.
President Bill Clinton increased taxes while Clinton was President. There were 23.2 million net increase jobs created in the US while Clinton was President. George W. Bush cut taxes while he was President. And increased spending on 2 wars while President. There were 2.1 million net increase jobs created in the US while George W. Bush was President.
To see what is going on just look at the game of monopoly….. As the game progresses, the winners are revealed whilst the number of losers increases. That is the wealth moved upwards and at the same time the debt and the number of people in debt increases..
Seems like a very poor understanding of the US economy. Comparing that to John is wrong. The US has its own fiat currency and can always create money to repay its debt if it had to, John can’t do that. Reducing the deficit means taking money out of the economy and applying austerity. US growth has been good but the benefits haven’t filtered down to the public. The real problem is that there is growing wealth inequality but that needs to be dealt with through taxation. Perhaps a wealth tax. That would then help to get US debt down.
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Wait - didn't you forget that USA can simply create new dollars and pay off its debt? ... causing HUGE inflation of course but then the debt is paid in full.
@@DavidFilskov Well yea, that is the obvious solution. But this would result in a complete crash of the dollar, the world might even stop using it as the reserve currency because of its instability. Investors would invest in other currencies as well.
It would definitely weaken USA's sovereignty also because the people who got paid all those new dollars would probably use their strengthened monetary power to buy a lot of resources and business in America.
REALITY CHECK: Mr. Buffett, we electronically generate we the peoples' $s in order to meet federal expenditures without any real negative consequences, and without the need to have even one cent of federal tax revenue $s being involved which translates to mean that we do not have a national debt in the first place. To belabor the point, it is impossible to borrow or payback, for that matter, we the peoples' electronically generated $s, thus no real national debt, just a pretend national debt that is really nothing more than our irrelevant federal deficit, as far as the amount whereas exactly what we the peoples' electronically generated $s are being spent on is the real issue.
My full name is Oscar Dean Windham, and I am the most censored, the most suppressed scrivener/author in the entire world because I comment publicly about the fact that we do indeed now routinely electronically generate we the peoples' $s in order to keep our federal government's lights on, so to speak.
@@DavidFilskovNo. The belief that “printing money” is the answer is a dangerous one.
Think of it this way, there is only 100% of anything. So, for arguments sake, think of the value of the dollar presently as our 100%. If you print more money, that means you’ll have more dollars divided by the original 100%. This means that the value of each dollar becomes diluted or devalued in order to keep your 100% value.
If this continues on a global scale, then our dollar will be devalued and devalued until the dollar will be valued at lower rates than other currencies from other countries.
When that happens, America will not longer exist.
The US economy cannot survive without continuous credit and debt creation. The FED will print more money and the average American will go just that much further in debt. Meanwhile, foreigners lust for the greenback. Their economies are in worse condition than the US... if that's even possible. Someone is going to be left holding the bag...
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The government can either default, pay it back through massive austerity/reduction in annual deficit spending, or inflate it away. I bet it will inflate by printing more US dollars to service it. So buckle up, retirees!
The debt is high because we are trying to run a government that doesn’t tax the rich which simply won’t work. We need to get back to 1960s tax rates so we can start running surpluses again. Certainly we can save on the spending side too but it’s the lack of revenue that’s the biggest part of the problem.
somewhat but almost no Federal income tax is paid by 50%+ of tax filers - and that percentage doesn’t even include the many who don’t file at all. This is the largest percentage in recent history of Federal income tax. But getting rid of that freebie for a majority of Americans is going to be very politically difficult.
The debt load is staggering, and it's crucial we address it. I've been following the work of the Hoover Institution, which highlights the consequences of high debt levels, including reduced economic growth, increased interest rates, and decreased government flexibility.
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Nominal GDP growth is averaging around 5% per year long term. This means a balanced federal budget will reduce the debt quite rapidly as a percentage of GDP, with no drama whatsoever. We can even comfortably run a 1-2% of GDP federal deficit annually and still have the debt reduce as share of GDP at a decent clip.
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not unless it includes the PetroDollar Empire with 50% of the budget on military spending. Otherwise it's a lie.
Warren Buffett is my hero.
The problem is, that every time Republicans control everything, they give huge tax cuts to their wealthy donors and add them to the deficits. That has caused the majority of the national debt we have now. The wealthy pay virtually nothing in taxes anymore as a percent of their income. About one third what a working family does. With the people that have all teh money not paying taxes, that kinda causes. And no, in 40+ years, not a nickle ever "Trickled Down", they kept it all. Yeah, and bought your house to rent back to your, maybe that is the trickle down Republicans are talking about.
"...at the suggestion of Elon Musk I will create a government efficiency commission task with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government and making recommendations for drastic reforms..." Donald John Trump Yes! Yes! Yes!
"...I can end the deficit in five minutes you just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for reelection yeah now you've got the incentives in the right place..." Warren Buffett
All the rich people who created and benefited by the problem are now going to tell us how to solve it. hmmm...
Shit is going to hit the fan.
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I'm surprised that you just mentioned and recommended Charlotte Miller, I met her at a conference in 2018 and we have been working together ever since.
I'm new at this, please how can I reach her?
I just withdrew my profits a week ago, To be honest it was an amazing feeling when the profits hits my wallet I wish I could reinvest but, too much bills
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Let Warren Buffett solve it. I am all for what he proposed. Solving problems is what counts, getting reelected is not a good incentive for solving problems. That's what got us the problems to begin with.
Reelection is a good incentive if you remove the bad incentive of money that leads to corruption out of government.
@@RipMinner But reelection could also be based on power. Not just money. It should be based on improving the country's well being and prosperity as a whole for all people in it.
No mid terms. 1 four year term only. No pension. No large pay checks for any government, your supposed to be doing a service to the country. No lobbying. Support staff reduced by 50% like the private sector.
Our new old President wants to look to the private sector for advice, with Musk and Ramaswamy working on it. No doubt they will pay attention to other noted business people like Buffet. We will need help in Congress to do whatever can be done, and that will be difficult if the Democrats stick to their old slogan from a recent Democrat President, "IwillnotnegotiateIwillnotnegotiateIwillnotnegotiateIwillnotnegotiateIwillnotnegotiateIwillnotnegotiateIwillnotnegotiate." They do not need to negotiate, because they want to fundamentally transform America (into a failed state?); bankruptcy will destroy the America we have now, leaving them an opportunity to create their brave new world.
Democracy is lame if people are lame.
Lame, lame, doooomed
If they are largely uneducated
When are the commoners not lame? So democracy was always lame! For fools!
Democracy as an idea is not lame, electoral politics is. In an electoral political society, majority rule for better or worse.
@@LukeL685 stop your bs. Socrates and Plato 2000yrs ago already spoke against democracy and despised it
"The Basics" are the "participants" are not paying their share of taxes while they accept the countries environment that allows them to benefit from it.
One thing has been proven, we will never tax cut our way out of debt.
Why not? NOT my debt you little bish. I'm an American but never agreed to YOUR debt. Let the US government pay for it. NOT my problem!
Nor can we spend our way out of debt. Hyperinflation and ultimately the demise of the currency system! Where going to witness it? I think that's for sure!
Increasing taxation just means the government will spend even more. Governments are not there to help you they are in power to control you. It is counter intuitive but if you keep income and business taxes low the government actuall y collects more tax. Why? its called the Laffer curve. No need to have complex tax structurs if you keep the tax at 15-20%..
@@davidproctor2092 And then there is the problem of stealing money. Taxation is theft by definition and stealing is immoral.
@davidproctor2092 bill Clinton made the rich pay some taxes and he ran budget surpluses
I've got a plan, tax the rich and corporations, like we did in the 50's. 😮
they have too many lawyers.
Wealth of the top 1% approaching $45 trillion vs National Debt of $35 trillion - what’s the problem, again?
Let's see...the people in government spend more than it should and then expects bailouts by those who learned to control their spending aka the 1%.
Makes total sense. Also, as a country spends more than they should and then keeps implementing higher and higher taxes it only ends up benefitting the 1%. But hey, no one learns real economics anymore. That's for suckers.
What you mean is 1% want bail outs from the 99% remember svb oops. Trash elites stealing then complaining.
@@carloscruz1285they control their spending alright, who funds the campaigns again? So the people we vote for are put into place by who’s massive pac donations? 😅
@@jamese.9239 yes. That's called controlled spending. They are making an investment and on top of that they aren't dumping all their life's savings into that investment. Really? This was the strongest argument you could bring?
Furthermore, ask yourself this: Why do most of the top 1% support democrats? Answer: Because democrats want higher taxes and more spending which causes inflation to rise. You know who benefits from these policies? The rich. How? Well when middle class people can no longer afford to hold onto their assets, guess who's waiting to scoop them up? Rich people. The rich aren't becoming poorer when these policies are implemented. What greedy rich people do not want is a level playing field. This is where poor and middle class people have a chance to reach the 1%. Lower taxes, less government regulation, lower inflation, which causes assets to be more affordable and the poorest can rise to the top.
Common sense isn't so common anymore. 🙄
The top 1% will pay most of the taxes. However, what eventually ALWAYS happens as “Tax the rich” laws are passed, is those laws affect the middle class the most. As they are for the most part living pay Check to paycheck.
Mitch Mcconnel was majority leader for 16 years and has up in 35 trillion dollars in debt, but Kentucky keeps voting for him
"Defense " spending is grossly understated.
The US spends more on defense than the next 65 countries COMBINED. Nearly $1T... That is OBSCENE! The damage would be if you cut that budget... MANY jobs would be lost and hurt the economy even more! We're running on a gerbil wheel! That's why Musk wants to crash the economy and do a reboot, which will only hurt the lower and middle class, of course...
Right....
Our nuclear weapons are budgeted under the Atomic Energy commission.
Just saying......
Def spending is 20% of the budget even if you remove def spending everything else is taking too much.
Much of it (Defence spending) is social security of medicare for veterans, national civil engineering, make work activities for the lower strata who avoided jail, etc.
It (spending under defence budget) also makes US look Big, when other nations want to look 'lean' about their aggressive tendencies ;-)
It’s too easy to say cut defence but actually that is really is the beginning of the end of the US. Debt and not being able to sustain its army that will be the end of this Empire
That mean that per every single American his dept is round about 104 k$. So a family with two children has a dept of 416 k$. That sounds a bit horrible.
The Feb prints money out of thin air, you don't need to worry about paying the national debt from your pocket. You need to worry about inflation. Buy assets that float with the boats.
The question is how long do you have to pay it, are you going to pay it, and will the kids take on the remainder.
A bit of a "mortgage" - debt (gage) continues after death (mort) - Paying for the family house [french]
@@working_exampleYep. As little cash as possible
Something Like 260k per tax paying citizen
You forgot that now corporations are people, kindly recalculate 😅
Crash or no crash, when everything is pushing ATH, it's time to start trimming some of the fat and increase dry powder. looking at the growth projections of 7-figure portfolio I can't tell where the market is headed, Do i hold on or perhaps I should just sell off assets and avoid the panic?
investors like you should be cautious of the bull run, its best you connect with a well-qualified adviser to meet your growth goals and avoid blunder.
Opting for an inves-tment advisr is currently the optimal approach for navigating the stock market, particularly for those nearing retirement. I've been consulting with a coach for a while, and my portfolio has surged by 85% since 2023
wow!! this is impressive.. how can i reach this advisor if you don't mind me asking?
I've stuck with ‘’Sophia Irene Powell” for years now, and her performance has been consistently impressive. She’s quite known in her field, look her up.
you are asking on you tube? hmmm
What he meant to say was, none of the US debt will be paid by me.
He is on record saying he and more importantly his company should have to pay more tax.
@@murdo_mck He is also on record of having one of the biggest lobbying presences in DC. On a weighted basis he has more presence than Apple and Nvidia. It's easy to show clips about him talking about his secretary while ignoring his government contracts. I mean his Coca Cola shares alone will bankrupt the US from diabetes.
Well, as one of the richest BILLIONARES in the world, Buffet fails to mention how the cash give-a-way to billionaires like himself have contributed TRILLIONS to this debt! Imagine, a billionaire doesn't think he is part of the problem.
Don't forget, last time Trump was President, they cut income taxes and soon the federal tax income set a new record high; of course, the politicians spent all that and more. Lower taxes stimulated the economy, people and companies made more money and paid more taxes. Further: a lot of what we hear about taxing the rich is just simple empty BS, there are not enough rich people to make that much difference; and, we should not call this "trickle-down" economics, which was a theory that the rich would spend money for goods and services and the rest of us would work to provide all that - again, there are not enough rich people to make that work. Cutting taxes leaves money in the economy to build factories and companies and create goods and services for all to buy ("supply-side" economics) and people who have jobs can buy things. We are in debt because the government steals our money and spends it foolishly.
C0vid19 Stimmy check to Berkshire Hathaway 🙃🫠
So the question is, do we, as a country, take care of our people, or do we cut taxes for the top 1%.
Answer: cut taxes for the 1%.
Why? Because they are the people who matter.
I'm old enough to remember a quote from Dick Cheney, something like "this is our due" about tax cuts for the wealthy. Those rich guys really deserve a break😀 Buffett says otherwise but what does he know ...
They want to cancel social security because employers will eek out of paying employees' taxes for it. Greed & the rich own the Republican party.
The top 1% are in the highest tax bracket. The IRS will take extra money to pay off the national debt. You can send the difference between your tax bracket and the top one to them.
@@camgerewhile that’s true. The ultra wealthy pay very little to no income tax. The live off of loans taken out against their stock investments. Loans don’t count as income. When they do sell stocks for cash, the capital gains tax is capped.
@@DeltaHouseStudios Here in California even long-term capital gains are 20% federal plus 12.3% state. 32.3% is NOT "very little". They can and do lose principal in investments. Their investments may well allow your company to hire more employees. Your paycheck is risk free short of the company going bankrupt. Maybe the real question is why are they so productive and you aren't?
Of course the solution is to return to taxing corporation as we used to, in excess of 60% of Profits. Our social safety net was setup based upon these tax rates and now can no longer support our safety net as Corporations are paying little or NO taxes😮
Zero accountability rampant in today's society. Mr. Buffet is 100% correct.
Don’t need to repay it. Pay it down to a point we can manage it.
It's just an investment bond, like expecting future returns from sunk costs in some 'share' company.
['just'; beware 'just'; surely it's never 'just']
We are way beyond that point
Mr. you say , that. anytime there is a deficit of more than 3 % of the GDP all the sitting member of congress are ineligible for reelection , haw can that happen if they are the one that make the low?
Citizens must demand it and not back down.
Warren was jesting, knowing the idea can't happen, haha.
2001. My graduating year from college. And the launch of Rich Dad, Poor Dad.
Imagine THAT.
Stephanie Kelton says you shouldn't worry about the deficit. Your explanation of debt spiral makes more sense. Can you make a video on modern monetary theory? And what they mean by deficit isn't a real issue?
Don't waste your time with that
How could a country that prints its own money be unable to pay the interest on the debt?
When a country issues more money to finance debt the rate on the debt rises to take this into account and the value of the currency falls, both of which cut the money left over 🤔
What does "cut the money left over" mean?
It means you pay more dollars per good/service, so ultimately everyone's labor means closer to nothing.
@@TonyTheTGR If debt causes inflation then why is our inflation only 2.6%? Why is Japan's inflation only 2.5% when their debt-to-gdp is twice as high as ours?
Yes! Other economists have made the same point to disarm the “Armageddon” syndrome people try to stir up as a new distraction to the “grand theft secret programs”.
Its not that the US cannot repay its debt. we can. the problem is that when we have a positive deficits that start lowering t he debt, we have congress seeing an opportunity to spend (and waste) money, thus making us have more deficits for that year. we need a congress that isn't going to overspend, so we can reel in the debt owed slowly.
Don’t put out click bait, that’s Warren Buffett in the mid 1990s
The argument over who gets the next tax break has been our downfall financially. The leaders have been afraid they couldn't get elected if they hinted at austerity. Everyone pays a bit more in taxes and little or no new programs. And some streamlining in government. A flat rate of tax with no limit and no loopholes. Those who benefit the most from our country owe to most to it for their prosperity. Not a popular view with anyone but is a reality check.
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This video can't even get straight what Warren Buffet said which is that the national debt is in his mind but it's not a constant worry today that he devotes a lot of time.
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And the reason this video doesn't understand is that it's important to consider whether the cas raised by assuming debt is being spent wisely.
Good business sense understands that debt is actually good business practices if spent on things that are more productive than the cost of that debt. Personal debt examples include buying a car and a home. By assuming debt that may exceed 10x annual salary, the industry visual is vastly more productive getting to work and home in far less time and is less tired at work. A stable roof overhead contributes to less time and energy wasted dealing with troubles related to finding shelter and living space.
A federal government that ensures affordable healthcare is available to an entire workforce can mean healthier and more productive workers. Reliable energy and good roads can mean more capable workers, too
The PR boem with videos like this is that it promotes unsophisticated and at times ignorant concepts like balanced budgets and debt ceilings. I'm not saying that debt and spending should be unrestrained but that there should be reasonable and informed discussions not based on very wrong ideas. Debt should be affordable and proceeds spent to increase productivity and as long as there is a net positive, let the debt grow.
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The comparison to house hold debt, while easy for people to understand, is erroneous. Unlike an individual, if the economy grows then the government debt is smaller in comparison to the size of the economy.
If you cut government spending then the economy will shrink making the debt MUCH LARGER. And much more difficult to pay back.
Cutting spending in real terms led to the economy shrinking in other countries.
It’s been tried and it does not end well.
List the countries that can repay their national debts. Take into account their debt to GDP ratio. The GDP seems to have been driven by government debt, not by real economic growth. The entire world is at the edge of a precipice.
You made a comment of "GDP as a part of government spending" I think that's actually the scariest part of ouf economy. And even scarier, we could patch together a history of this going as far back as FDR and with each passing decade since FDR the American economy and the people have become more dependent on Federal spending as a jobs creation due to labor wages and cost of living becoming a real paralleling matter that's created a further dependency on deficit spending to try and maintain a high standard of living that cannot sustain itself. We use to manufacture products and sell them abroad to bring new money's into America creating the vast wealth we now are acustom to, but we have exchanged manufacturing and selling to spending and consuming....
@ that’s every nation’s reality. Even China has passed their miracle economic growth years and that country faces fast growing national debt to sustain a minimum annual growth.
List the countries smart enough to carry no national debt.
True, the U.S. nat'l debt will never be repaid, and should have to as it's almost entirely "debt" of interest owed to the Federal Reserve, which is owned by 5 trillionaire families who've been collecting interest payments since 1930. Congress needs to pass a law to eliminate the debt, and start over, with a law mandating the Fed's must balance the budget, every year, as states do, or all of Congress is terminated with no pay. China's 800 bil debt should be paid off immediately!
By my rough calculations thats about 100k for every citizen
Not too bad then 😂
It's not debt. The country can choose not to issue bonds or reduce the size of the bond market by taking ownership of bonds. The bond market is a traditional and rather anachronistic service to investors that provides a secure savings location. In some ways, they act as a unemployment benefit for rich people.
2:08 a d there really isn’t any alternative
That’s isn’t true. USA disestablished Gold Standard( Bretton Woods System) in order to finance wars(Vietnum, Gulf, Afganistan, Iraq, Ukraine, etc.) and shift wealth from majority to minority.
The solution would be reestablishment of Gold Standard in financial system and the society. Tough part is the revaluation of Wealth and changes in financial and other laws. Real performance and good works should be rewarded and not falsehoods, loudmouths, greed, and laziness. There should be consensus that not only the presence but also the future counts.
US debt is more like 100 trillion because what we owe does not calculate all of our obligations and programs we HAVE TO FUND
Since the debt crisis could unleash carnage on the stock market leading to economic downturns. We need to be prepared for potential market volatility. how can I secure my $80K stock portfolio against declining?
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We certainly can balance the budget. Then we can trickle down into the debt, if we want, which we don't. Servicing the National Debt seems to be an economy all its own.
"When all else fails, they'll take you to war"...But, you've got a very free and democratic choice. Which war would you like to fight in, the Russian war ot the Iranian war???
Revolutionary war.
The US has no intention of paying off it's debt. The last and only time that the U.S. had no debt was in 1835. Since then, we have operated our government at a deficit most years. The last time we ran a surplus was 1998-2001, during most of Clinton's 2nd term.
$36 Trillion Wow!
I think the politicians already saw it coming long ago before the general public (because of proximity to the issue and responsibility for managing it) and have been not only playing the game of kick the debt can as long as you can, but also flipping through switches that catalyze short-term growth and profits, without abandon, knowing we’re well on the way to the end game.
They intentionally created the end game for personal profit over country
The government needs to increase taxes on the wealthy people in order to pay the USA debts! They hold too much money and not equally distributed. That includes wealthy politicians!
That is partly true. If however you were able to confiscate the wealth of all the billionaires in the US, that might cover the deficit for a year or year and a half but then what would you do after that?
Reduce excessive spending and let the economy grow.
Its 36 Trillion now
At $35T USD
That is $105,000 per US citizen!!!!
kindergarten kids are in depth too... so it's worst
The debt trajectory is not sustainable, the current debt is not theoretically too large by itself but ...
as long as the republicans refuse to make the ultra wealthy pay their fair share of taxes- we'll never have enough money. as bernie sanders said- THEY NEED TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES.
You equate John's situation with the entire country's situation. This is an elementary fallacy since John can't create fiat money like the US can with its sovereign currency. The US can pay off its national debt today if it wants to. Holders of this debt are forced to take US bucks - whether they like it or not. There may ensue adverse consequences were the US to do this, but the point is that John can't.
Why are social safety net programs like Medicare and social security always shown as high expenses (which could theoretically be trimmed) while ignoring the costs of massive wasteful military spending and excessively low corporate and high income earners taxation. The pentagon and corporate ceos are swimming in money while everyone below them struggles to make ends meet. It boggles the mind of the average citizen.
WRONG. instead of cutting medicare and social security- TAX THE ULTRA WEALTHY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES. you would see our deficit go down immediately.
Because medicare and social security are unaffordable. Government needs cuts across the board with a butcher's cleaver. Socialism doesn't work long term and neither does empire.
The government is simply a reflection of its citizens. Most spend with abandon with no consideration of living below their income & no thought of saving. Homes & autos normally have to be financed. It’s the buyers responsibility to not overspend on those items. I learned about money as a teen in the 80’s living a home that spent like mad & where 1 parent got a new car every other year so that every year there was 1 new car in the garage.
Since marrying in 1998, we’ve never bought a new car & bought homes that were cheaper & therefore smaller than we could afford. Savings has always been a priority.
We spend more on military than the next 10 countries. Let’s start there!
I’ll make an analogy. You take a mortgage at say 5% and invest it in a house that you rent and produces twice your mortgage payments. In that example you have two choices, 1) with the extra cash flow you produce, you increase your mortgage payments by twice and pay the debt faster, but then you reduce your capital, which is working for you, or, 2) you keep paying the debt at the original rate and invest the excess cash flow in the stock market, which gives you a return of 10%, so you are netting a 5% return (this is called leverage). The choice is clear, you stay in debt and keep your capital to make extra money. And then there is an even better option, as long as you’re credit worthy, you keep borrowing, you keep investing the extra cash flow, and keep making even more money. That my friends is what Uncle Sam does for a living. They are in no rush to pay any debt.
The US never has to pay its debt down…sounds crazy right? It’s true , but don’t take my word for it…check it out. Be an active participant in your own rescue
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All we need to do is stop overspending, prevent the debt from increasing for a couple decades.
due to inflation the value of the debt will keep decreasing.
Eventually we could start paying it off.
We’re well past the point of no return. If you don’t have all your money in equities, idk what you’re doing
We're not. It's easy to return from here.
I guess we should just repudiate the debt and deal with the consequences sooner rather than later. It's not like we're ever going to make significant budget cuts.
I think of a debt spiral as someone who does not take appropriate action. Like: 1) raise taxes on the rich, 2) get rid of the social security maximum, 3) implement the rule (that used to be in place) that corporations cannot buy back their own stock, 4) implement universal healthcare that the GAO has already estimated would SAVE this country over $400 BILLION, 5) completely halt all oil and gas subsidies. That just for starters.
I believe it was Brazil that declared bankruptcy more than once then got things back on track. The down side would be that the dollar would be worth about 10 cents on the dollar.
80' s and 90's.
There is a fiscal responsibility clause in the 1988 Brazilian Constitution as result of such.
Just reduce military spending, close all oversea military bases, call back all naval ships, submarines, army back to base. Limit spending on unnecessary items, limit imports etc. Need a lot of focus on domestic issued instead of messing with wars in Ukraine and Israel.
Then learn either Chinese or Russian.
Military spending is only 1 trillion. Won’t make a dent
@@JOHNRMECHhe is Chinese
Also gotta cut all these idiotic socialist government programs.
It can, it just has to do something no politician has the stones to do.
Click bite... It's like all these titles like "America won't make it to 2024". And of course you add a picture of Peter Lynch and Buffet somewhere. Financial TH-camrs replay the old recipes and formats because they don't have anything new to add really. It is sad and pathetic.
I agree with you fully. Unfortunately the incentive is to do so and so by design it’s going to make the quality go down the toilet and since quantity rises it just makes it less likely that you can find something truly useful.
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The US SHOULD never pay off its debt. It is a measure of our financial wealth and power in the form of public and private retirement accounts, state and local government savings, social security and Medicare payments, the financial system including the Federal Reserve, and support for the US dollar.
It's okay to keep our debt at some level, but 3% of GDP is likely way too small (Neoliberalism). It's likely not enough to cover social security and Medicare we pay into. If the government paid off all of its debt, there would be very little money in the banking system. The US is not a teenager with a credit card.
He could give up his enitre net worth and service America's debt for a few days. Funny the deficit took a sharp turn upwards after the "messiah" was elected, lol
Why don’t I see military salaries and military equipment anywhere in the expenses?
Buffet is just nobody if US cannot print money for QE jobs.
I would like someone to explain to me where you send the payments?
Paying back the debt issue comes in picture when the nation has surplus budget. Even we can have hope when the President show the zero deficit. Since last two decades USA has a fast rising Budget deficit. At that point, payout of debt is out of the question!!!
How out of date is this video? US debt has just passed $36 trillion, not $35 trillion. Still, Mr Buffett is always worth listening to.
Cut spending by 5% PER YEAR - not 5% of how much spending grows (Obama economics) but 5% of spending average over the past decade.
It can be and will be paid back. The ability to print means any debt can be repaid. If that currency is worth anything is a different question.
If the Govt. balanced the budget and paid down the debt 100 billion a year, it would take 350 years to pay it off. That's why they say it can't ever be paid back.
Does this fear drive the gold price up and up?
The Oracle of Omaha is right . That's why he never got into politics , because he is SMART!!
This is the most nonsensical load of clickbait since the invention of clickbait. Who that has US government bill, notes, or bonds (i.e., government debt) thinks they will not get repaid? There are issues with deficit spending, not all bad, but this ain't one of them.
Does BRICS mean nothing to you? It's only clickbait if you think money printer go brrrt is just a meme. The only growth in our economy is from government spending - negative feedback loop.
In the 1970s, when the debt was not yet a trillion dollars, people were alarmed. Back then, no one talked about it as a percentage of GDP. And it was considerably less than a percentage of GDP, maybe a third. Now people aren’t alarmed by it, despite it being more than 100% of GDP.
Because nothing bad has happened to the American people yet. But it will, it's inevitable. Eventually the world will reject the US dollar as the reserve currency.
I just want to be John. I live in a place where I don’t know anyone who makes $5,000 a month other than the few business owners who are paying everyone less than $15/hr for 30 hr/week jobs and the few government workers in town.
Military Industrial Complex. Zero accounting or audits or congress permission. Look within and fix yourself first.
Who is the debt owed to and how did the financers find the money and If its just one big ponzi scheme then what's the problem.?
If you look at the graph at 0:29, you'll see that the national debt really starts to take off in 1980. I wonder if the events of that year had anything to do with this. I'm only asking. (heh heh)
The Two Santa Clause Theory has been widely successful and insanely expensive! As much as it pains everyone, corporations and billionaires have to go back to paying something in taxes...
Paying 3.35% on $35 trillion debt is wild. Imagine if rates hit 8%!
It's wild but temporary, due to high inflation that's coming down. Why would they go to 8%?
Having $35 trillion in national debt is what is wild.
What about the unfunded liabilities of 235T? 235T +36T=271T
The way to deal with the debt is for the government to stop increasing the debt, service what they are able and let the economy grow. In twenty or thirty years it will be more manageable. But the political tendency to overspend is powerful and it's hard to envision this occurring before we take serious damage.
The political problems we have are in large part because of two things working in tandem,
That we are one of the largest if not the largest economy AND that we can print money practically indefinitely.
This combination is just sooo alluring, too alluring, to power hungry people.
The USA can repay it's debt no problem. The real question is does the United States have the Congress that is willing to do what's necessary to pay the debt. And are we willing to end the central bank charter to prevent future debt.
WB said it…. It doesn’t really matter… with the global currency being the US dollar something will happen once the dollar isn’t…. This is where gold and silver along with other precious items will take over
Nice job explaining the problem with government debt
Thank you :)
Now many countries don't wanna get American bonds. Stocks and precious metals will explode in value and whoever holds cash will lose it.
The Fed can print any amount of money, so it can pay the Debt if Congress wants to. Also, the USD is a international currency. The Fed is not just printing money for the USA, it's printing money for the world. Are we printing too much, I am too lazy to find out but BitCoin is doing well so I think we are printing too much.
Easy answer = Art Laffer Supply Side economics. Set your house in order so every policy is driving hard to increase supply. Just announcing the policies alone (Trump atm) increases the value of the US$. But we also have to understand that there's no easy way out of some inflationary pressures for the first few years. I recommend reading Econoclasts by Brian Domitrovic for an in depth understanding.
President Bill Clinton increased taxes while Clinton was President. There were 23.2 million net increase jobs created in the US while Clinton was President. George W. Bush cut taxes while he was President. And increased spending on 2 wars while President. There were 2.1 million net increase jobs created in the US while George W. Bush was President.
To see what is going on just look at the game of monopoly…..
As the game progresses, the winners are revealed whilst the number of losers increases.
That is the wealth moved upwards and at the same time the debt and the number of people in debt increases..
Until you change the way money works, you change nothing.
Seems like a very poor understanding of the US economy. Comparing that to John is wrong. The US has its own fiat currency and can always create money to repay its debt if it had to, John can’t do that.
Reducing the deficit means taking money out of the economy and applying austerity. US growth has been good but the benefits haven’t filtered down to the public.
The real problem is that there is growing wealth inequality but that needs to be dealt with through taxation. Perhaps a wealth tax. That would then help to get US debt down.