{"id":93729,"date":"2025-03-15T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=93729"},"modified":"2025-03-17T14:05:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T22:05:57","slug":"debt-increasing-budget-passed-there-are-risks-according-to-ray-dalio-and-the-book-of-habakkuk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/debt-increasing-budget-passed-there-are-risks-according-to-ray-dalio-and-the-book-of-habakkuk\/","title":{"rendered":"Debt increasing budget passed, there are risks according to Ray Dalio and the Book of Habakkuk"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Donald Trump and various others in the USA are pleased that a debt-laden bill passed the US Senate:<\/p>\n

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Senate passes stopgap funding bill<\/h2>\n

March 15, 2025<\/p>\n

The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill Friday to avoid a government shutdown. The measure funds federal agencies through September. Ten Senate Democrats supported the bill, exposing divisions within a party struggling over how to best push back against President Donald Trump’s agenda.<\/span> https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/senate-passes-stopgap-funding-bill\/<\/a><\/p>\n

President Donald Trump on Friday congratulated Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for \u201cdoing the right thing\u201d by backing the Republican-led bill to avert a government shutdown, a choice that’s put the New York Democrat at odds with many in his party. https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/03\/14\/congress\/trump-congratulates-schumer-00230577<\/a><\/p>\n

March 14, 2025<\/p>\n

But the effect of the agreement is to continue federal spending at the same exaggerated level that has recently prompted outrage from debt hawks.\u00a0 …<\/p>\n

Rep. Thomas Massie (R., Ky.) was the only House GOP member to vote against the continuing resolution. He argued it merely extended President Joe Biden\u2019s spending levels and said that Republicans have continued to kick the can on significant cuts to discretionary spending.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe closer you get to the next election, the less spine these people have,\u201d Massie said in a video<\/a><\/span><\/span> posted to X earlier this week. \u201cI hope there is a fight to cut spending. I just don\u2019t see it.\u201d https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/articles\/ai-stocks-nvidia-amazon-microsoft-coreweave-ipo-ddee09ff<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The USA is drowning in debt, but many do not realize that.<\/p>\n

A couple of days before this bill passed the US Senate, Ray Dalio put out a warning. Fortune<\/em> reported the following:<\/p>\n

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If you think the current outlook is bad, just wait until the White House can\u2019t find anyone to buy its debt, warns Ray Dalio<\/h2>\n

March 12, 2025<\/p>\n

Ray Dalio warns the U.S. faces an imminent debt crisis <\/strong>as its debt-to-GDP ratio climbs past 122%, with experts worried foreign buyers will pull back or raise interest payments, making borrowing unsustainable. He suggests drastic measures may be needed, including debt restructuring, political pressure on buyers, and potentially cutting payments to certain countries. …\u00a0what will rock the boat is America\u2019s national debt, Ray Dalio has warned, and it\u2019s a crisis coming down the pipe \u201cimminently.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking at CONVERGE LIVE<\/a> in Singapore, the Bridgewater founder explained, \u201cWe have a very severe supply and demand problem. Some people think we\u2019ll handle it because we\u2019ve handled it so far. I don\u2019t think they understand the mechanics of debt.\u201d<\/p>\n

What is concerning experts like Dalio now more so than in the past is America\u2019s debt-to-GDP ratio: the amount Uncle Sam owes in comparison to the value of its output and hence, how capable it is to repay its debts. <\/a><\/p>\n

In 2013, Amercia\u2019s debt went beyond the value of what it produces and, at the time of writing, has risen to 122% of GDP, per the St Louis Fed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This figure is also set to swing even higher\u2014a sweep made all the more dramatic by the increasing burden of interest payments required to bankroll the debt. …<\/p>\n

Dalio continued that, at some point, the U.S. will have to \u201csell a quantity of debt that the world is not going to want to buy.\u201d This is an \u201cimminent\u201d scenario of \u201cparamount importance,\u201d Dalio said.<\/p>\n

The man worth $16.2 billion<\/a> isn\u2019t the only economic expert to have this opinion. https:\/\/fortune.com\/2025\/03\/12\/national-debt-burden-ray-dalio-foreign-government-pressure\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Regarding the USA’s debt situation, Nick Giambruno wrote the following last September, where he also quoted Ray Dalio:<\/p>\n

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The Debt Spiral Crosses the Point of No Return …<\/h2>\n

Drowning in a Stadium<\/h2>\n

Imagine you\u2019re sitting in a large sports stadium that is completely watertight. A single drop of water is placed in the middle of the stadium, and the amount of water then doubles every minute.<\/p>\n

At first, the growth seems slow. You won\u2019t even be able to notice the water until it\u2019s almost too late.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say it takes 48 minutes for the stadium to become full of water. At 47 minutes, the stadium would only be half full, and at 46 minutes, it would only be a quarter full, and so on.<\/p>\n

By the time you become aware of the water\u2019s presence, you are only a few minutes away from drowning.<\/p>\n

The stadium and chessboard examples are metaphors to illustrate the power of exponential growth.<\/p>\n

With exponential growth, things can seem under control or manageable for a long time. Then, an\u00a0inflection point<\/b>\u00a0is reached, and the situation rapidly becomes overwhelming, growing to unimaginable scales.<\/p>\n

Exponential growth is a concept that is initially deceptive because humans are more accustomed to recognizing linear growth rather than exponential patterns.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s precisely why many people are missing what could be the most important financial trend of the decade.<\/p>\n

The Debt Spiral<\/h2>\n

Ray Dalio is one of the world\u2019s most successful hedge fund managers.<\/p>\n

His success is due to his consistent ability to get the Big Picture right.<\/p>\n

He recently said this:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are at a point in which we are borrowing money to pay debt service.<\/p>\n

When you keep having debt growth faster than income growth, that means you have debt service encroaching on your spending, and you want to keep spending at the same time.<\/p>\n

As that happens, there is a need to get more and more into debt. It accelerates.<\/p>\n

We are at the point of that acceleration. We are near that\u00a0inflection point<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dalio is warning about the explosive nature of the US government\u2019s compounding debt situation. …<\/p>\n

The financial position of the US government has been gradually deteriorating for decades, so it\u2019s not surprising that many people are complacent. They\u2019ve long heard about the debt problem, and nothing has happened.<\/p>\n

However, it is now reaching the tipping point.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because the US government is now borrowing money to pay the interest on the money it has already borrowed, as Dalio noted. Politicians are adding more debt to solve the problems of prior debt.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s creating a self-perpetuating doom loop.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It will result in the total debt growing not linearly but exponentially.<\/p>\n

The debt increases at a faster rate over time because it is compounding.<\/p>\n

Each calculation period adds more interest to the total amount owed, which requires more borrowing and causes a larger interest expense. …<\/p>\n

Dalio says the US is near the inflection point where the debt growth will accelerate and explode into previously unimaginable levels.<\/p>\n

I think he is correct, and that has enormous implications.\u00a0 …<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m not just talking about a stock market crash or a currency collapse\u2026<\/p>\n

It\u2019s something much bigger\u2026 with the potential to alter the fabric of society forever.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s created an economic situation unlike we\u2019ve ever seen before, and it\u2019s all building up to a severe crisis on multiple fronts.<\/p>\n

It could all go down soon\u2026 and it won\u2019t be pretty.\u00a0 09\/10\/24 https:\/\/internationalman.com\/articles\/the-debt-spiral-crosses-the-point-of-no-return\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, the US debt is rising and is dangerous.<\/p>\n

Ray Dalio keeps warning that foreigners will not want the US debt–that is consistent with prophecies in the Bible.<\/p>\n

Debt will end in disaster for the USA.<\/p>\n

The time will come, according to Bible prophecy, when the nations of the world will no longer accept the pledges (US Treasury Bills and Notes) of the indebted one:<\/p>\n

2 Then the Lord answered me and said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWrite the vision
\nAnd make it plain on tablets,
\nThat he may run who reads it.
\n3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
\nBut at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
\nThough it tarries, wait for it;
\nBecause it will surely come,
\nIt will not tarry. (Habakkuk 2:2-3)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Notice that the word of God states it will tarry, take a while, but the results will surely come. And that the result is that people should run (flee) because of it.<\/p>\n

Here are some details about what is coming and why:<\/p>\n

6 \u201cWill not all these take up a proverb against him,
\nAnd a taunting riddle against him, and say,
\n\u2018Woe to him who increases
\nWhat is not his \u2014 how long?
\nAnd to him who loads himself with many pledges\u2019?
\n7 Will not your creditors rise up suddenly?
\nWill they not awaken who oppress you?
\nAnd you will become their booty.
\n8 Because you have plundered many nations,
\nAll the remnant of the people shall plunder you,
\nBecause of men\u2019s blood
\nAnd the violence of the land and the city,
\nAnd of all who dwell in it. (Habakkuk 2:6-8).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Please pay attention to the fact that that above is a prophecy for the appointed time of the end\u2013essentially the time of the Great Tribulation (Matthew 24:21). The USA has been accumulating pledges in the form of US Treasury bonds and notes, and is the most indebted nation of all time. It is descendants of Israel, like the USA, that are prophesied to have debt issues with foreigners if they turn from God’s laws (cf. Deuteronomy 28:43-44)–that is consistent with Habakkuk 2:6-8. The above prophecy is NOT a reference to the nation calling itself Israel as it has nothing compared to USA debt.<\/p>\n

As far as how much the USA is indebted to foreigners, notice the following:<\/p>\n

Foreign creditors already hold a net claim of $22.5 trillion (and growing) on U.S. assets. Many of these creditors will be inclined to sell American stocks and bonds rather than buy more — especially if they are encouraged by Trump to raise cash to buy American exports. Foreign producers who, for decades, have exchanged their manufactured goods for American stocks and bonds would stop reinvesting export earnings. (Amoss D. From Biden to Trump: Navigating the Economic Ship Through Troubled Waters. Jim Rickard\u2019s Strategic Intelligence, December 2024, p. 10)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The USA has been setting itself up for the penalties prophesied by Habakkuk.<\/p>\n

Consider that the prophecy in Habakkuk says what will happen is so bad, that people should run who read it. That is, they should seriously consider what this means and take the appropriate steps.<\/p>\n

Foreign creditors will rise up.<\/p>\n

The Bible clearly warns that an indebted people will be destroyed by people whose language that they do not understand, and that the destruction will be fairly total:<\/p>\n

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43 The alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. 44 He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail. 45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed\u202647 \u201cBecause you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything, 48 therefore you shall serve your enemies<\/strong>, whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything; and He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you. 49 The LORD will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand<\/strong>, 50 a nation of fierce countenance, which does not respect the elderly nor show favor to the young. 51 And they shall eat the increase of your livestock and the produce of your land, until you are destroyed; they shall not leave<\/strong> you grain or new wine or oil, or the increase of your cattle or the offspring of your flocks, until they have destroyed you<\/strong>. 52 They shall besiege you at all your gates until your high and fortified walls, in which you trust, come down throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you at all your gates throughout all your land which the LORD your God has given you (Deuteronomy 28:43-45,47-52).<\/p>\n

7 The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender. (Proverbs 22:7)<\/p>\n

13 And the Lord said, \u201cBecause they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it, 14 but they have walked according to the dictates of their own hearts\u202616 I will scatter them also among the Gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known<\/strong>. And I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.\u201d (Jeremiah 9:13,14a,16)<\/p>\n

12 One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall fall by the sword all around you; and I will scatter another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. (Ezekiel 5:12)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Most will not believe, but that was expected:<\/p>\n

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6 \u201cDon\u2019t say such things,\u201d the people respond. \u201cDon\u2019t prophesy like that. Such disasters will never come our way!\u201d (Micah 2:6, New Living Translation)<\/p>\n

16 \u2026 You say, \u2018Do not prophesy against Israel, And do not spout against the house of Isaac.\u2019 (Amos 7:16)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

People will not want to hear or believe! See also Preparing for the \u2018Short Work\u2019 and The Famine of the Word<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch also the following:<\/p>\n

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And the Debt Goes On…<\/a><\/h3>\n
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On June 3, 2023, US President Joe Biden signed a bill to increase the official debt-ceiling of the United States. According to its Treasury the “ceiling” has been changed, increased, or delayed 78 other times. The official debt has nearly tripled since the Obama-Biden Administration. The official debt increased about $2 trillion per year under Donald Trump’s Administration and has done close to that in the Joe Biden Administration. While the USA has been able to increase debt with limited consequences (like inflation) so far, does the Bible show this can end in destruction? What did God warn about debt through the prophet Habakkuk? Is getting into high amounts of debt a blessing or curse according to the Bible? Do Democrats or Republicans currently have a plan that will now be implemented to pay off the debt? Has the USA been functioning as an international “leech” consistent with statements in the Book of Proverbs? Does the Bible say it is wicked to borrow money you do really intend to repay? Steve Dupuie and Dr. Thiel cover these matters.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here is a link to our video: And the Debt Goes On…<\/a><\/p>\n

The amount of debt increase has been accelerating.<\/p>\n

While many hope that Donald Trump and his team will change that, the Bible is clear that the USA will be taken over (cf. Daniel 11:39) and debt will be a factor per Habakkuk 2:6-8.<\/p>\n

The Bible also tells of a time when the most faithful will flee (Revelation 12:14-17)–but also that people should be “gathered together” before that happens (Zephaniah 2:1-3).<\/p>\n

More on that can be found in the article: There is a Place of Safety for the Philadelphians. Why it May Be Near Petra<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some items of possibly related interest may include:<\/em><\/p>\n

There is a Place of Safety for the Philadelphians. Why it May Be Near Petra<\/a> This article discusses a biblical ‘place of safety,’ Zephaniah 2 to ‘gather together,’ and includes quotes from the Bible and Herbert W. Armstrong on fleeing to a place–thus, there is a biblically supported alternative to the rapture<\/a> theory. Two sermon-length videos of related interest are available Physical Protection During the Great Tribulation<\/a> and Might Petra be the Place of Safety?<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 Here are two related items in the Spanish language: Hay un lugar de seguridad para los Filadelfinos. \u00bfPuede ser Petra?<\/a> and Existe un Lugar de Seguridad<\/a>.
\nThe End of US Dollar Dominance<\/a> Is the USA losing its economic status? What about the petro-gold-yuan? A related video is also available: US Dollar being challenged by Gold-Petro-Yuan<\/a>.
\n<\/span>Is God Calling You?<\/a> This booklet discusses topics including calling, election, and selection. If God is calling you, how will you respond? Here is are links to related sermons: Christian Election: Is God Calling YOU?<\/a> and Predestination and Your Selection<\/a>. A short animation is also available: Is God Calling You?<\/a>
\n<\/span>Spiritual Samaritans: Old and New<\/a> Who were the Samaritans? Do the represent true Christianity or something else? Here is a link to a related sermon: <\/a>USA in Prophecy: Samaria<\/a>.<\/a>Who is the King of the North?<\/a> Is there one? Do biblical and Roman Catholic prophecies for the Great Monarch point to the same leader? Should he be followed? Who will be the King of the North discussed in Daniel 11? Is a nuclear attack prophesied to happen to the English-speaking peoples of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand? When do the 1335 days, 1290 days, and 1260 days (the time, times, and half a time) of Daniel 12 begin? When does the Bible show that economic collapse will affect the United States? In the Spanish language check out \u00bfQui\u00e9n es el Rey del Norte?<\/a> Here is a link to a video titled: The Future King of the North<\/a>.
\nUSA in Prophecy: The Strongest Fortresses<\/a> Can you point to scriptures, like Daniel 11:39, that point to the USA in the 21st century? This article does.<\/span> Two related sermon are available: Identifying the USA and its Destruction in Prophecy<\/a> and Do these 7 prophesies point to the end of the USA?<\/a>
\nWho is the King of the West?<\/a> Why is there no Final End-Time King of the West in Bible Prophecy? Is the United States the King of the West? Here is a version in the Spanish language: \u00bfQui\u00e9n es el Rey del Occidente? \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 no hay un Rey del Occidente en la profec\u00eda del tiempo del fin?<\/a> A related sermon is also available: The Bible, the USA, and the King of the West<\/a>.
\nDonald Trump in Prophecy<\/a> Prophecy, Donald Trump? Are there prophecies that Donald Trump may fulfill?\u00a0 Are there any prophecies that he has already helped fulfill?\u00a0 Is a Donald Trump presidency proving to be apocalyptic?\u00a0 Three related videos are available: Donald: ‘Trump of God’ or Apocalyptic?<\/a> and Donald Trump’s Prophetic Presidency<\/a> and Donald Trump and Unintended Consequences<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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