system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: why can a country like the USA go into trillions of dollars into debt but other developed countries have to be careful?
gpt
Think of it like this. If you have a really well paying job, you can take out a really big loan. If you have a very bad job that doesn't pay very well, you can't take out a really big loan. You may not be able to take out a loan at all. The USA has the equivalent of a really well paying job. We make lots of money compared to other nations, so it's not that bad for us to have really big loans that we have to pay off slowly. Whereas, a smaller nation doesn't produce as much money, so any loans they get must be smaller too.