# The US government has to start paying for things again

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/the-us-government-has-to-start-paying-for-things-again/
- Published: 2024-08-18T09:30:30-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: People walk near the National Debt Clock. […] Photo credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / VIEWpress via Getty Images. Article by Dylan Matthews. Vox – August 16, 2024. Some of the ways I feel myself aging are obvious. Half of my hairs are white now. I can’t stay up past midnight. I hate loud restaurants and bars. I feel a deep urge to read long biographies of generals. But other signs of aging are subtler. For example: I am now worried about the US budget deficit. Coming of age as an economics reporter in the 2010s, there was no clearer generational divide than the one about government debt. […] Click here to view original web page at www.vox.com