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Comment by mdorazio

1 year ago

How are you calculating that? The national debt itself currently has an average interest rate higher than 3%.

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AnthonyMouse  1 year ago

"Balanced budget" presumably includes paying the interest on existing debt in the current year rather than recapitalizing it.

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