system
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human
ELI5: Why is it important for a nation to have some debt?

I read somewhere that it is healthy for nations to run on a little bit of debt. What is the reasoning for this?
gpt
The "debt" ends up being invested in the economy which stimulates growth.  .... e.g. the Government borrows "100 million pounds" to buy some tanks.  That means someone will form a company to build tanks, and employ people to build tanks.  Those entrepreneurs and employees will spend their money on other goods and services, and people in those businesses will spend their extra income on goods and ..... and so on and so forth.