US DEBT SPIRAL
Real-time visualization of America's debt crisis using official US Treasury data. Watch how we're adding $1 trillion every 100 days.
Data Source: US Treasury Fiscal Data API | Updated Daily
🇺🇸 LIVE US NATIONAL DEBT
$35,000,000,000,000
and counting...
+$95,000
Added per second
$104,000
Debt per citizen
$2.4B
Interest per day
Exponential Growth (2000-2025)
• 2000: $5.6 trillion
• 2008: $10.0 trillion (Financial Crisis)
• 2020: $26.9 trillion (COVID Response)
• 2025: $35.0+ trillion (Current)
🔮 Projected Crisis Timeline
2026: $38 Trillion
Interest payments exceed defense spending
2028: $45 Trillion
Debt-to-GDP ratio hits 140%
2030: $55 Trillion
Interest becomes largest budget item
2035: $80+ Trillion
Potential fiscal crisis point
💥 REAL CONSEQUENCES HAPPENING NOW
$870 Billion
Annual interest payments (2025)
More than defense budget
130%
Debt-to-GDP ratio
Highest since WWII
5.4%
Average interest rate
Rising with Fed rates
$7.6T
Foreign-owned debt
22% of total debt
What $35 Trillion Could Buy Instead
175 Million Homes
At $200k average price
700 Million College Degrees
At $50k per degree
350 Mars Missions
At $100B per mission
🔮 Three Possible Futures
🟢 Optimistic
- • Economic growth outpaces debt
- • Gradual fiscal reforms
- • Technology boosts productivity
- • Manageable by 2040
Probability: 25%
🟡 Realistic
- • Continued slow growth
- • Periodic debt ceiling crises
- • Gradual service cuts
- • Chronic high debt levels
Probability: 50%
🔴 Crisis
- • Interest rates spike suddenly
- • Debt spiral accelerates
- • Currency/bond crisis
- • Forced austerity measures
Probability: 25%