“The country is insolvent”
So you’re like the Red Queen and just give words any meaning that you want? Not real conducive to making sense. Apparently “insolvent” means something entirely different to you than to, say, an accountant.
The debt to GDP ratio is the same today as it was in 1949. On the high side but the Treasury never missed an interest payment on its debt then and judging from the price of Treasuries it’s not going to default now either. In fact the Treasury has never missed an interest payment ever, since its founding in 1789.
” The debt will never be repaid.”
And no one thinks it should because it’s a “funded public debt” as designed by Alexander Hamilton. Old Alex knew a few things about finance that have escaped your notice. The important number is the percentage of GDP and/or tax receipts required to cover the interest payments on the debt. And those aren’t remotely near your “the system will collapse” fantasy, despite Obama’s best efforts to put us there.
“The debt to GDP ratio is the same today as it was in 1949. On the high side but the Treasury never missed an interest payment on its debt then and judging from the price of Treasuries it’s not going to default now either. In fact the Treasury has never missed an interest payment ever, since its founding in 1789.”
No problem with missing a payment to the fed - they’ll cover you