MuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe US has $36 trillion in debt. What does that mean, and who owns it?www.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkThe US has $36 trillion in debt. What does that mean, and who owns it?www.aljazeera.comMuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 months ago Among individuals, Warren Buffett, through his company Berkshire Hathaway, is the single largest non-government holder of US Treasury bills, valued at $314bn. 😤
minus-squareExtantHuman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoWho wrote that drivel? As an individual…through his company So, NOT as an individual, since that is other people’s money, not all his. Berkshire is publicly traded.
minus-squareMuskyMelon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoThat also means that Berkshire Hathaway is largest private investor in American interests.
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Who wrote that drivel?
As an individual…through his company
So, NOT as an individual, since that is other people’s money, not all his. Berkshire is publicly traded.
That also means that Berkshire Hathaway is largest private investor in American interests.