06-27-2015, 03:43 PM
(06-27-2015, 02:27 PM)GMDino Wrote: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/country-list/government-debt-to-gdp
Accurate?
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Hmm, some inconsistencies with some things I had been looking at, but it was 2012 data anyway. I am curious to look at some of those numbers again.
Anyway, notice who doesn't make that list? Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway. Those nations do many things for their citizens. I'm not saying they are perfect or that their models would work for us. But they are examples that it can be done without the crushing debt we see in some places.
Addition: Here is a link to the CIA World Factbook listing the percentages. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2186rank.html I have looked at the IMF numbers as well, but running those reports I can't link them here.