Episode #94: The National Debt
In this episode, Josh and Ian talk about the US national public debt and other political breaking points. They talk about the age of elected officials and their ability to represent the public, the failure of populism and the cares of the middle-class, the scale of US military spending and public trust, foreign social welfare programs compared to the US, the increasing cost of living, the myth of foreign-held debt, the crises of raising the debt ceiling, the cost of education and the looming problem of student loans, the conflict of working to live vs. living to work, how separated national politics are from the local, and various other topics.
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Recorded 03 June 2023