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https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/debt-to-the-penny

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[โ€“] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a way of getting a surplus without having a debt?

This is not a rhetorical question.

[โ€“] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Depends on how you define debt, I suppose?

Under a strict definition like "money that you've explicitly agreed to repay to a lender in the future", the answer is simple: "take money without agreeing to repay it" (e.g.: taxes, liquidations, nationalization).