#Politics From #WaPo: U.S. payments on debt interest increased to $659 billion this year.
"Within three years, if interest rates remain elevated, payments on the debt could become the second-largest federal program — behind only Social Security, which provides pensions for tens of millions of seniors, analysts say."
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@WordsmithFL But it's making a lot of rich people richer, right?
This is actually going to drive inflation instead of decreasing it.