America's astronomical debt of $36 trillion requires drastic productivity enhancements, asserts Elon Musk.
Billionaire Elon Musk advocates for increased productivity as a means to address the looming bankruptcy threat facing the United States due to its burgeoning national debt. In a recent social media post, Musk, who serves as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), contends that his agency's efforts to cut costs are only a temporary solution to the government's excessive spending.
Musk believes that exponential growth in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the key to offsetting the nation's growing debt burden. In his post, he emphasized that while DOGE is working diligently to postpone the day of bankruptcy for America, the profligacy of government spending means that only radical improvements in productivity can ultimately save the country.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent seems to share similar concerns, recently highlighting the importance of growing the US economy faster than the debt in a Fox News interview. Bessent argued that by changing the growth trajectory of the country, the economy can stabilize its finances and grow its way out of the current predicament.
According to the latest data from the Treasury Department, the US federal government's debt has ballooned to $36.215 trillion, equivalent to 122% of the country's GDP.
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