Efficiency Expert in Charge?

Kevin I am not an economist but there are probably some other ratios that would be more relevant in making your point.  Just like in evaluating credit debt to assets might be relevant.  Or maybe debt service (on national debt) to tax revenue may be illuminating.  Obviously less debt would certainly be a good thing and help our national credit rating.  Thanks for the blog.

America is burying itself in debt.  When the Chinese decide to accelerate the principal amount due, they will take our coal and oil (from the fields that Americans are not presently allowed to mine or drill).

     In a little while, one of the Soros Trolls will be along to comment that you are paranoid and watching too much Fox News.

There is a giant storm coming at the USA.  Nobody is sure when it will hit, but when it does it will be bad.  Between the debt, the social secuirty and medicare shortfalls, and all the lazy good-for-nothing people that would rather collect welfare than work, it is just a matter of time. 

Don't worry about it. Joe Biden said "We have to spend our way out of debt!" I am sure when debt hits 150-200% of GDP we will magically start to prosper and pay off all our bills!

Idiots in charge (from both parties)!

We are being told this is good, but I snese a bit of lip service in the air.

Kevin -- let's check this out against a family situation:  If the family debt is 103% (and growing) of the income brought in -- it might be OK, if part of that debt is mortgage payment, for which there is an offsetting value.  Howsoever, I am not aware of any of the debt of the Federal Government being a mortgage type situation -- it seems to be more like credit card debt - where have used what was bought, and still need to maintain it, but don't have any intrinsic value to show for it.

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Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

No matter how much our Govt. spends, this administration wants to tax "the rich" more. Until we get adults in Wash. that understand it's not a revenue problem, but rather a spending problem, we're headed for a serious reality check. It won't be pretty!

I don't think things are as good as we are hearing. I wish they were. I think we are just buying time. Kind of like in the movies when the Government knows about the asteroid or what ever and the people just go on with their lives oblivious. The only problem is a lot of us are looking up and seeing it hurdling towards us but no one is really talking about it,because it is just too big.