Student debt, lunch debt, housing debt, and medical debt SHOULD NOT EXIST. Period.
November 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Student debt, lunch debt, housing debt, and medical debt SHOULD NOT EXIST. Period.
every generation of programmers must be re-introduced to the concept of "tech debt"
I mean…
Good luck, I guess?
Good luck, I guess?
November 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM
every generation of programmers must be re-introduced to the concept of "tech debt"
yah it’s the tax cuts
November 8, 2026 at 3:18 AM
yah it’s the tax cuts
"Surely the Tech Debt Manufacture Machine will solve our tech debt problems!" - upper management
November 8, 2026 at 6:09 PM
"Surely the Tech Debt Manufacture Machine will solve our tech debt problems!" - upper management
i don’t even blame anybody that thinks this, it’s objectively true that republicans have been scaremongering about while worsening the debt for most of our lives. but that does not make that debt imaginary.
The issue is that the Republicans have been crowing about the debt longer than I've been alive. And never, not once, have I felt the debt impacted my life. I get it might be a slowly, than all at once situation. But deficit hawkery has always been key jingling for me and I don't see what changed.
the thing is, debt actually is going to be a problem, but “no new borrowing” means “cut more spending”, but spending isn’t the problem nearly so much as revenue. we may need to cut spending, too, but revenue has to be addressed first, that’s the root cause of the debt.
November 8, 2026 at 4:25 AM
i don’t even blame anybody that thinks this, it’s objectively true that republicans have been scaremongering about while worsening the debt for most of our lives. but that does not make that debt imaginary.
the thing is, debt actually is going to be a problem, but “no new borrowing” means “cut more spending”, but spending isn’t the problem nearly so much as revenue. we may need to cut spending, too, but revenue has to be addressed first, that’s the root cause of the debt.
November 8, 2026 at 12:03 AM
the thing is, debt actually is going to be a problem, but “no new borrowing” means “cut more spending”, but spending isn’t the problem nearly so much as revenue. we may need to cut spending, too, but revenue has to be addressed first, that’s the root cause of the debt.
From today’s Star Trib op-ed page.
November 7, 2026 at 11:31 PM
From today’s Star Trib op-ed page.
Finally we have automated the production of technical debt!
November 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Finally we have automated the production of technical debt!
For the federal debt/debt-servicing conversation, here's the annual public debt charge as a share of GDP.
November 6, 2026 at 3:45 AM
For the federal debt/debt-servicing conversation, here's the annual public debt charge as a share of GDP.
At long last, we have created the Tech Debt Nexus from the classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Tech Debt Nexus.
November 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
At long last, we have created the Tech Debt Nexus from the classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Tech Debt Nexus.
It's amazing that we accumulated debt in the 40s to beat the Nazis and now we're accumulating debt so that the richest Nazis don't have to pay taxes.
yah it’s the tax cuts
November 8, 2026 at 1:40 PM
It's amazing that we accumulated debt in the 40s to beat the Nazis and now we're accumulating debt so that the richest Nazis don't have to pay taxes.
tech debt generator
I mean…
Good luck, I guess?
Good luck, I guess?
November 9, 2026 at 12:01 AM
tech debt generator
Yep. Cut taxes and then demand govt services be cut to lower the debt.
Gee that sounds familiar.
Gee that sounds familiar.
yah it’s the tax cuts
November 8, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Yep. Cut taxes and then demand govt services be cut to lower the debt.
Gee that sounds familiar.
Gee that sounds familiar.
Mark Carney: "The debt-to-GDP ratio... I don't know what the leader of the opposition's inability to actually read the budget -- the debt-to-GDP ratio is down by 3 percentage points."
November 6, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Mark Carney: "The debt-to-GDP ratio... I don't know what the leader of the opposition's inability to actually read the budget -- the debt-to-GDP ratio is down by 3 percentage points."
What if we automated…technical debt?
Genius!
Genius!
November 9, 2026 at 2:34 AM
What if we automated…technical debt?
Genius!
Genius!
David Cochrane highlighting that in Carney’s budget, between debt servicing costs (given he’s not really paying down the debt mostly due to large major project/investment attraction stuff) and massive defence spending increases, about 35% (!!!) of expenses are going to debt servicing and defence.
November 5, 2026 at 9:46 PM
David Cochrane highlighting that in Carney’s budget, between debt servicing costs (given he’s not really paying down the debt mostly due to large major project/investment attraction stuff) and massive defence spending increases, about 35% (!!!) of expenses are going to debt servicing and defence.
Wonderfully generous…and it’s a national embarrassment that such debt exists.
November 6, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Wonderfully generous…and it’s a national embarrassment that such debt exists.
omgggggggg they are debt traps no omg noooo
(there are always exceptions to the rule, but overall DEBT TRAP)
(there are always exceptions to the rule, but overall DEBT TRAP)
Let's talk about mobile home parks. Over the past several months, I've seen well meaning left and progressive groups recommending marginalized people buy into mobile home parks, saying that the fact you own your trailer means it's an investment and a chance at generational wealth.
They're wrong.
They're wrong.
November 6, 2026 at 9:56 PM
omgggggggg they are debt traps no omg noooo
(there are always exceptions to the rule, but overall DEBT TRAP)
(there are always exceptions to the rule, but overall DEBT TRAP)
It's the Reagan of Tech Debt
November 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
It's the Reagan of Tech Debt
Oh! NOW the debt is important!? Well gosh, maybe part of that conversation should be how the worst of the debt was developed!
right on schedule!
From today’s Star Trib op-ed page.
November 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Oh! NOW the debt is important!? Well gosh, maybe part of that conversation should be how the worst of the debt was developed!
DOGE hearings really should address the fact that they didn't find govt waste and managed to hurt sooo many people under the guise of cutting spending while making the debt so much worse. It'd be a good opening to tackling the debt in the way it needs to be done.
November 8, 2026 at 12:07 AM
DOGE hearings really should address the fact that they didn't find govt waste and managed to hurt sooo many people under the guise of cutting spending while making the debt so much worse. It'd be a good opening to tackling the debt in the way it needs to be done.
When unpaid school-lunch bills can reach debt collection, this isn’t abstract fiscal policy anymore. It turns a child’s meal into a household debt problem.
November 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
When unpaid school-lunch bills can reach debt collection, this isn’t abstract fiscal policy anymore. It turns a child’s meal into a household debt problem.
Waiting to see how long before they blame the recession on immunity debt.
November 7, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Waiting to see how long before they blame the recession on immunity debt.
B of A: “.. buy gold. .. Jan 3rd new Congress sworn in, Feb 1st US hits $41.1tn debt ceiling ..
.. gold price rose 12% & 17% in 3 months prior to debt ceilings causing political games-of-chicken in 2011 & 2023.”
.. gold price rose 12% & 17% in 3 months prior to debt ceilings causing political games-of-chicken in 2011 & 2023.”
November 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
B of A: “.. buy gold. .. Jan 3rd new Congress sworn in, Feb 1st US hits $41.1tn debt ceiling ..
.. gold price rose 12% & 17% in 3 months prior to debt ceilings causing political games-of-chicken in 2011 & 2023.”
.. gold price rose 12% & 17% in 3 months prior to debt ceilings causing political games-of-chicken in 2011 & 2023.”
