How, people ask, will governments repay all of the hundreds of billions of dollars that they owe? As British Prime Minister David Cameron put it: “Government debt is the same as credit-card debt; it’s got to be paid back.”
这种焦虑已经转移到了国民债务层面，也就是政府欠其债权人的债务。人们会问，政府将如何偿还它们所欠下的数千亿美元债务？正如英国首相卡梅伦所言：“政府债务和信用卡债务是一样，迟早要还的。”