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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Well, that's a misleading title. All the countries in their list have some debt, just less than most.

All countries carry some debt, because they need to show a history of reliably making payments on that debt in case they need to borrow money in the future for whatever reason. Not all countries, however, run massive deficits every year.