I don't disagree with the important question of "Where does the money come from?" (Perhaps, it's also, "What didn't we fund because of this?") But FWIW, America is not unique in its serious debt situation and as a percentage of GDP, it's not unusual. Many EU nations are in the trillions of debt ballpark. Also China, Canada, Australia, etc. In fact, some of those nations exceed America in national debt per capita. [1]
I write this as a Canadian. We're also a nation of serious debt and I sometimes wonder where money for my government's big projects comes from...
I write this as a Canadian. We're also a nation of serious debt and I sometimes wonder where money for my government's big projects comes from...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_external_...