Government debt as secular original sin

The US government’s debt: “102,984 for every person living in the U.S.”*

How’s that for secular Original Sin? Suppose you’re an infant just born into this world. You haven’t done anything yet — but you’ve inherited the financial misdeeds of earlier generations and will spend the rest of your life paying for them.

* Source: Just Facts’ National Debt Calculator. Here’s a real-time debt calculator.

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