馬斯克對美國債務敲響警鐘，想起特朗普時代的8萬億美元
世界首富、現任新成立的政府效率部（DOGE）負責人埃隆·馬斯克分享了他對美國國債不斷增加的看法。在他試圖提高人們對債務的認識時，他遭到了一些強烈反對，認爲特朗普在dent美國總統的第一個任期內增加了約 8 萬億美元的債務。
據報道，美國政府的利息支付已飆升至1990年以來的最高水平。在截至9月份的財年中，財政部支出佔淨利息8820億美元。加上利率成本，現在已經達到27.7萬億美元，這不是很令人震驚嗎？
馬斯克對國家債務敲響警鐘
馬斯克在X 帖子中寫道，很大一部分人不知道有國債這樣的東西。他試圖告知大多數人甚至不知道這個問題有多大。他補充說，該國支付的利息現在超過了軍事開支。
總督府負責人強調，只有一小部分人明白政府超支會導致通貨膨脹。他甚至分享了馬克·安德森（Marc Andreessen）的一段視頻，其中表示“聯邦政府今天支付的債務利息比我們在國防部預算中支付的還要多。”
安德森在視頻中進一步提到，美國每年僅支付12億美元的債務利息，而政府總支出約爲7萬億美元。然而，債務總額約爲 35 萬億美元，並且每 100 天就會增加 1 萬億美元的債務。
🚨“如今聯邦政府支付的債務利息比我們爲國防部預算支付的還要多。我們每年僅支付 1.2B 美元的債務利息。政府總支出約爲 7T 美元。利息支付爲 1.2T 美元。 DOD 每年爲 $800B。總債務爲 35T 美元，它...... pic.twitter.com/uegWgvYyvx
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