D.C.'s affordability headache has a silver bullet, new study shows: Tackling $40 trillion national debt would boost household income by $36,000 - Fortune — SkimNews
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- A new study claims that addressing the $40 trillion national debt would boost household income by $36,000, presenting debt reduction as a silver bullet for D.C.'s affordability crisis.
- Marc Goldwein argues that deficit reduction is the key to improving affordability.
Why it matters: The $36,000-per-household figure gives deficit hawks a vivid hook for selling debt reduction as the solution to cost-of-living pressure, with the $40 trillion national debt reframed as the core driver of D.C.'s affordability crisis.
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