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Is the US debt a real problem?
The tracked experts' conviction that the fiscal path is sustainable: 25/100 — a strong no. With interest consuming roughly a third of receipts, their base case isn't default but debasement: the debt gets inflated away, which is a tax on cash and bonds.
Synthos Score (parent prediction): 25/100 · graded in public
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