Man, you Americans are total amateurs at getting things off the books. Do you want to borrow Gordon Brown for a year or so?
/sarc
I would recommend you look up PPP (Public Private Partnerships) in the UK, to see just how far deficits can be taken “off the books.” IIRC our actual debt is something like 4 times our official debt.
I’d link something, but posting this from my phone and the browser is being awkward again. Might do a vanity tonight if anyone is interested.
Sure
Gordon Brown? Isn’t he the brilliant financial strategist that sold off all the gold so the Bank of England would have more room to store paper money?
And didn’t they announce beforehand their intention of selling so as to keep the price from going to high?
Yeah, does make one wonder who has the biggest dunce.