The new budget presented by Donald Trump earlier this week shows that the US government wants to spend considerably more money in the coming years to stimulate the economy.
A combination of tax cuts and new investments in infrastructure and the army, among other things, will bring next year's budget deficit back to over $1 trillion for the first time since the start of the financial crisis. But wait, there's more: it will only get worse from there, because the government wants to spend structurally more money than it receives in the years ahead. As a result, the US debt is expected to pass the $30 trillion in the year 2028, according to the Office of Management and Budget. An increase of $10 trillion.
Trump's own 'Office of Management and Budget' anticipates that US debt will increase by at least $1 trillion dollars for at least the next 5 years.
Trump increases the budget deficit to stimulate the economy, but I highly doubt whether this is a sustainable policy. The US economy has been growing again in recent years and my fear is that further stimulus will lead to overheating of the economy. Trump's stimulation can cause both wages and inflation to rise to fast.
The financial markets were already anticipating Trump's plans, as interest rates on 10-year US government bonds have risen from 2.4% to more than 2.9% since December. It is therefore questionable to what extent foreign countries will be willing to finance the US deficits.
I think the Office of Management and Budget is even on the optimistic side with its projections. A recession has not been taken into account. The total debt in 10 years will probably be substantially higher than what is projected above.
In the end, the US government is simply bankrupt. We all know that the government is never going to repay its public debts. As long as the music is playing, should we keep dancing? The last recession is 9 years ago, so the music has been playing for quite some time now. Historically, a recession hits around every 7-10 years, so I don't expect the music will keep on playing for multiple years.
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https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-12/us-launching-crisis-level-spending
https://www.investing.com/rates-bonds/u.s.-10-year-bond-yield
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Ballooning debt and a continuously devaluing currency! What could possibly go wrong?
Decentralized cryptos are the only hope the average millennial has of escaping the debt trap of the legacy financial system.
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Because how could this be a bad idea...? /sacrasm
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All very true PP. Now to rub salt in the wounds...
US Government Debt now at $21T up from $20T in 2017.
10 year bonds were 2.4%, now 2.9%pa.
Approximate interest expense 2017 - $480 Billion!
Estimated interest expense 2018 - $609 Billion!
Increase in interest expense, year on year = 26.88%
And this 10 year bond rate is rising daily!
US is toast!!
SK.
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The U.S. is basically bankrupt, but too big to fail (for now anyways)...
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I have heard this debt issue for a while now. I thought the economy was going to collapse before now. Some people said governments around nd the world might have to provide helicopter money to stimulate the economy. I sometimes order if cryptocurrency is a form of helicopter money.
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Yeah, and the problem is that other countries have accepted these debts to be expressed in US dollar. So basically if the US wants to devaluate their debt, they just have to print a few more dollars...
It is time debts are noted in BTC ;-)
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it is because we are the world's reserve currency, that we can print all we want without devaluing the dollar. If this changes, we will go bankrupt; immediately.
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That might indeed happen.
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Yes, and a big part of that is the requirement that all crude oil sales take place in USD. We've brought down governments for their announcing plans to sell their oil in some other currency. We Americans rarely even see all that our govt. is going to prop up our access to cheap imports and global dominance of our corporations. But it is so fragilely balanced. Just takes one country to big or too connected in NATO to decide to upset the apple cart, and it all comes tumbling down.
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We have a few years left before this whole thing comes crashing down.
2020 and 2024 are BIG years for bitcoin and crypto...get in before the party is over
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man the whole global fiat system is a big ponzi and those people want say crypto is a ponzi. ironic
also how can you escape debt if you have to pay interests for interests? its not possible
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Well that s why long term crypto will have success. Everyone who has invested now or who will buy within next few years will still make a awesome ROI if Bitcoin will replace Fiat.
Only Problem is that banks and governments will try everything to keep their printable fiat money.
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yeah thats absolutely right! these are the guys who try to spread FUD all around making it harder for open minded people like us, especially for people who are new in the scene which leads to big concerns in the whole community
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Ha! I just wrote basically the same thing, then scrolled down and saw your post! Yep.
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If I may play devils advocate here, they want to run the economy hot. The fed will be unwinding some 4 trillion off its balance sheet while trying to normalize rates. With a projected 3, maybe 4 rate hikes plus some fed balance sheet unwind, it will be akin to almost 4 rate hikes which will or the brakes on the economy. To offset this, trump will run the economy a little hot and devalue the dollar. GDP fell last quarter anyway, down to 2.6, so there is room to run a little hot.
All in all, their theory is it’s better to let the economy run hot than to hit a recession or depression. People are more likely to riot if there’s no food than if food costs 10% more.
Also with complete control of the dollar, they can practically do whatever they want. Print more or devalue it or whatever. The deficit is simply a ledger, but there’s not natural law that says reach this level and all hell breaks loose. Control is more important than substance here, and we all know there’s no substance in the dollar other than as some ideo. So while all this is may seem alarming, it’s not. Imho.
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what GDP growth rate is that deficit projection based upon?
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That's a good one. It's definitely based on growth without taking a recession into account.
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at what rate of growth would we see the projected deficit?
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The best time to buy bitcoin is when the music is still playing.
So the question is. Is the music still playing?
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its a amazing helpful post in steem.
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Just print more funny money and everything is fine right?
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i think you create a great information.....i know some new from your post......Lot of thanks for Sharing this informative and valuable post
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Wow! Quite the analysis. Stocking up on bitcoin as I read this.
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Nice post
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I just followed you @bosun
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Fiat has crumbled the most powerful regimes going back to the beginning of civilization.
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There was a time that all fiat money had to be backed up by real gold. Since thats not the case anymore countries are printing money at will. Banks create money out of nothing. Its all virtual now. The ideas behind it were great but it is messed up now.
But perhaps after 100 years people will maybe say the same about cryptos and a new sort of money will be created!
And let’s be honest. The idea behind btc is great but already has been abused multiple times by scammers to generate money!
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This post has received a 18.7 % upvote from @boomerang thanks to: @penguinpablo
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Good work,good post.
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Those estimates are probably too low.
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Sssh, don't tell everyone! I'm trying to buy now, whilst the going is good. This is seriously where my thoughts have been for the past few years. Just a shame I didn't dip my toes till mid 17!
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Oh no this budget is so high @penguinpablo.
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Well said. It's amazing how wrong mainstream media is getting a lot of this stuff. Even on sites dedicated to financial news. I think it may be time to remind everyone that Bitcoin's not about speculation (although it's certainly been a very profitable one!). It's indeed about being able to pay each other without the middleman involved.
[Prices Are Going Up, But it is Good For You[(https://steemit.com/money/@gibberishcode/prices-are-going-up-but-it-s-good-news-for-you)
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Sometimes i wonder, if a whole country like US is owing so much, who's lending the money??
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The numbers: The U.S. government had a monthly budget surplus of $49 billion in January,
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well...
for every crisis, there comes an opportunity.
good luck whichever side you fall upon.
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let the every country think about it.....if they being super on earth are in debit then what would be the condition of poor countries or others?
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If you count corporate and personal debt it is well over 34 Trillion right now.
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This all has a chance of working as long as USD is the world's main reserve currency. If that changes, or drops significantly, then digitally producing dollars isn't going to get us out of the major financial storm that's going to consume us and most of the world.
We've had different markets crash, different segments of the economy fail, but we've not had the dollar devalue like other places. That's what this is all leading to, though. There are already moves being made by other countries to hedge against the downfall of the dollar.
This, in my opinion, is what happens when a private bank entity is left in charge of financial policy. How do banks make money? By lending. What has the US government been doing for generations now. Borrowing.
Unfortunately, when the government can't pay back what's owed, it won't be the government, it will be the citizens, and all their savings, investments, and property that will be confiscated and used to pay towards the debt. It will probably include a good chunk of the western United States, too, since much of it is owned by the federal government. The U.S. will cease to exist as we know it.
Get out indeed. I just hope they can't find a way to touch the crypto. Unfortunately, superior force has a way of taking what it wants.
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I would guess that it might well be significantly more than that. Recent two-term Presidents Reagan, Clinton, and Dubya each had the debt double during their terms. If that doubling every 8 years were to continue, that works out to an average increase of 9% per annum. If the pattern continues, 10 years from now the debt would be $45 trillion.
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I believe that it is the fault of other countries to let the United States no longer matter, it is only my opinion
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good
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とてもいいですよね
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The OMB takes into account for every tax dollar cut, it must be replaced by an equal amount of new revenue to balance it. This is incorrect as history teaches. When you lower taxes on the "wealthy" the government actually takes in more money in taxes from the "wealthy" For a historical reference look up coolidge and andrew mellon.
We have also been floating a deficit of 1.2 trillion dollars under obamanation
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Bitcoin is not the bubble, it's the pin
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I love this quote from Voltaire! It's been a long time since had last seen it.
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Sigh... the USD has been tumbling because of this. It looks like we're repeating the George W. Bush mistakes all over again.
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Yeah, fiat currency is a mess. And they say crypto is backed by nothing. Crypto projects are at least backed by technology solving a real problem. Fiat is backed only by bombs and what not.
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