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The USA has been in debt since its founding in 1776. Throughout its history, the country has accumulated various levels of debt due to factors such as wars, economic downturns, and government spending.
has been in debt
A pro of third world debt relief is that it gives countries the chance to develop. A con is that the money could have been used in your own country.
the national debt was something used to create national debt
No. A federal debt is a debt that is owned to the federal government. A home mortgage is a debt that is owed to the lending agency, be it a bank, a mortgage company, etc.
Depends what you mean by large. The US has been in debt since day 1 due to Revolutionary War Debts owed to probably France. The only time it's been zero was during Andrew Jackson's presidency about 1835. First major surge in debt was the war of Northern Aggression (aka Civil War). Pretty much every war created huge surges in the Public debt, especially World War I, World War II, Cold War, War on Terrorism.