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One of the things that has always perplexed me is why the total national debt (around $38-39 Trillion right now I believe) isn't balanced against national ASSETS.
iirc, Trump proposed just that, monetizing the assets, clear cutting the forests, strip mining the land. Remember his blathering about a "sovereign wealth fund"? Critics at the time noted, words to the effect "sovereign wealth funds are usually used by countries that have a large surplus, not Trillions of debt". My hunch is the monetized assets would be used to line Trump's pockets, one way, or another.
Steve
