Because more is spent than there actually is.
The debt can be repaid, or the GDP can grow faster than the debt.
It helps as it stops our country from being in debt so the higher the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) the lower chance of this country being in debt :)
(primary balance/GDP)*100 .GDP decreases. Debt increases.
debt increases and GDP decreases.
GDP Decreases and Debt Increases
no
The public debt as a percentage of real GDP in the United States is neither particularly high or low relative to such debt percentages in other advanced industrial nations.
Yes, by a lot:Mexico GDP: USD$1.56 trillionUS GDP: USD$14.26 trillion (more than 9 times the size of Mexico's GDP).
false
true
80 trillion
30%