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Short videos with a punchy, comedic tone and entertaining Socratic characters taking on trending issues and important concepts from a classical liberal perspective, written & animated by Seamus Coughlin.

The National Debt? WHO CARES?!

February 23, 2021

The national debt is ballooning to exponential heights, yet anybody hardly seems to care. On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Seamus tries to wake up the room with some alarming statistics and data on the debt cliff we’re about to sail off. 


CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin, Tyler Brandt, and Sean W. Malone Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone


LINKS:
https://usdebtclock.org/

https://www.thestreet.com/mishtalk/economics/23-6-of-all-us-dollars-were-created-in-the-last-year

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financing-the-government/interest-rate-statistics


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