爪四哥
爪哥原創，歡迎轉載。男女老少，笑口常開。
美國國債再創新高，首次突破了 $31 trillion。也就是說，把老人與嬰兒全算上，每一個美國公民的頭上，都頂著$93,000 的債務。當然，被民主黨開放邊境，慷慨放進美國的成千上萬的非法移民，不不，按照民主黨政治正確的說法，應該叫無證移民，不在統計的範圍之內。
The gross national debt in America has hit new heights, surpassing $31 trillion, according to a U.S. treasury report released this week.
If you find that hard to wrap your head around, it basically boils down to more than $93,000 of debt for every person in the country, according to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
美聯儲為了與通貨膨脹死磕，拚了命地一路加息。但加息的後果，會讓美國國債象滾雪球一樣越滾越大。
原本就債台高築，為了疫情推出的極其鋪張浪費的拯救美國計劃（$1.9 trillion）大撒幣也就罷了，但喪心病狂的敗燈政府為了中選，又拋出一個神馬減輕學生貸款計劃 （$750 billion）！
Come on！大學學費如此昂貴，四年欠下幾十萬學生貸款，僅僅減免一萬或兩萬，管個毛用！如果民主黨真為窮學生著想，應該減低的是學生貸款利滾利的高昂利息，而不是僅供打水漂的一兩萬！
And with the dramatic rise in interest rates over the past few months — the Fed funds rate is currently between 3% and 3.35% — the national debt will be growing at a rate that makes it even harder to ignore
The last couple of years have been expensive
A deficit is what happens when the government spends more money than it brings in through taxes — and the last couple of years have been expensive.
Several large bills with hefty price tags have been approved since the start of the pandemic, including the American Rescue Plan Act, which cost $1.9 trillion, and $750 billion for student debt relief, all adding to the deficit, which then adds to the debt.
幹啥啥不行，吃啥啥都行的民主黨，打著減少國債的旗號，居然打上了辛辛苦苦幹活老老實實交稅的藍領階層與中產階層的主意！為此，民主黨特意擴編了國稅局（IRS），給國稅局增加了幾萬個稅警，專職工作就是查稅，目的是從藍領階層與中產階層身上，搜刮出 $240 billion。
想從花街大佬與億萬富豪身上拔毛？門兒都沒有！這些大亨們有自己專門的高級稅務公司負責報稅，會把賬務做得天衣無縫，滴水不漏。
And though the Inflation Reduction Act, which was passed in August, is expected to reduce the deficit by $240 billion, policies and programs brought in by the Biden Administration are expected to add trillions more over the next decade.
展望前景，一片黯淡。十年後，美國國債達到將近$36 trillion ！
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates that $4.8 trillion will be added to the deficit by 2031.
“Excessive borrowing will lead to continued inflationary pressures, drive the national debt to a new record as soon as 2030, and triple federal interest payments over the next decade — or even sooner if interest rates go up faster or by more than expected,” says the CRFB.
Much of the borrowing in the past couple of years happened while interest rates were historically low, but now that they’re not, with inflation rising at the fastest pace in decades, the cost of this debt is likely to be amplified.
Currently, more than $965 million is spent every day just in interest on the national debt. The Peterson Foundation estimates that will triple over the next decade, making it the fastest-growing item in the federal budget.
唯一值得欣慰的是，隻要能夠維護住美元霸權，無論美國印多少鈔票，欠多少債，總會有世界其他國家買單。當美國人覺得自己手裏的美元正在貶值的時候，全世界各國的財富都會被美元稀釋，導致全世界各國貨幣貶值得更厲害，美元依舊是全世界最堅挺的貨幣。
所以，維護美元霸權，也就成了美國政府的終極國策：無論是敵人還是盟友，誰敢挑戰美元霸權，就把誰徹底打服並狠狠踩在腳下！
So who owns America’s national debt?
There are different kinds of national debt. Think about it like having a credit card, a mortgage and a car payment — all debt, but different. The U.S. Department of the Treasury manages the national debt, which is split between what one government agency owes to another and debts that are held by the public.
Intragovernmental debt accounts for about $6.5 trillion of the debt.
The much bigger piece of the debt is held by the public. Right now, that’s about $24 trillion.
Foreign governments as well as banks and private investors, state and local governments and the Federal Reserve own most of this debt, and it’s held in Treasury securities, bills and bonds.
Foreign governments and private investors are one of the biggest holders of the public debt, owning around $7.7 trillion. Domestically, the Federal Reserve holds the largest share of the public debt, at about 40%.
所以，爪哥做為美國人，看到自己的政府，為了鞏固美元地位，讓美國人能夠繼續消費全世界的財富，在歐洲公開耍流氓：挑起俄烏戰爭，炮製不查大屠殺，炸毀北溪管道，讓歐元地位一落千丈，讓歐洲的熱錢湧入美國，讓歐洲盟友們在即將來臨的寒冬瑟瑟發抖。。。俺應該感到高興才對，是吧？
回複 '股聾' 的評論 : 可惜！民主黨有川普這個神助攻，保住兩院的希望狠大
眾議院仍然有機會贏，參議員可能不會獲勝，因為被Trump支持的人不會贏。2020 GA 失去了兩個席位 2020，這是由Trump造成的, Sad
一個人借債，政府強迫別人還，這是鼓勵 “moral hazard”。以後誰也不打工了，要用錢就借債。都等著下一屆選舉，看誰允諾替他還債，就給誰投票。
美元失去貿易統治地位是可預見的，畢竟還具有這種地位不是基於經濟後備，而是僅僅因為使用方便。布萊頓森林體係之後，全世界都在用美元貿易，因此其服務設施相當全麵。
但如今失去了價值。
這次烏克蘭戰爭，也是為了打擊歐元來維持美元地位。戰前歐元世界貿易占市比已經39%多，美元是41%，雙方差距僅有一個百分點多，而且美元是一路掉下來的。如果沒有戰爭，歐元很可能在今年就超過美元，成為世界貿易統治貨幣。
歐元能具有這種迅速提升的地位，是因為利用了中美貿易戰，一躍成為中國第二大貿易對象，擠下了美國的位置。而歐盟與中國貿易，當然是使用歐元，而不是美元。
從美債的規模和信譽來看，完全依賴美債的社會保險退休金會有巨大麻煩，本來到2034年美國社會保險退休金就會破產，如今可能再次提前。
美元已經不是統治地位的問題，而是能否生存的問題，因為經濟和金融垮台就是一天內的事情。
俄國發起新世界儲備貨幣，使用的是人民幣，那怕人民幣還不能自由兌換。
有必要加以製衡。
就在中選。