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Episode 139: Happy Deficit Day!

Words & Numbers

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The Federal Government Is Going to Pay Around Half a Trillion Dollars in Interest

As of this year, the federal government is going to pay around half a trillion dollars in interest. That's given the interest rates are remarkably low at the moment. You start to realize when you look at numbers like this that we're on the brink of a disaster. Quite literally, you can't keep this up.

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