claim: "today almost half our debt is owned by foreigners."
author: jeb hensarling
evidence_1: the majority of the u.s. national debt is owned by social security, the federal ...  foreign governments and investors hold almost half of it. ... if the united states  defaults on its debt, foreign investors would be angry, but current and future ...
evidence_2: the national debt of the united states is the debt, or unpaid borrowed funds,  carried by the ..... the u.s. government is obligated under current law to make  mandatory payments for programs such as medicare, medicaid and social  security. ..... to the extent the u.s. debt is owed to foreign investors ( approximately half the ...
evidence_3: jun 28, 2018 ... the current recession focus hinges on a humble, abstract measure ... the share  of u.s. debt owned by foreign banks, governments and other ... as recently as  2015, foreigners owned about half of all u.s. treasury debt.
evidence_4: apr 6, 2018 ... see how much u.s. debt is actually owned by the chinese, what it means to ...  japan and china own about 5.3% and 4.8% of the u.s. debt, respectively. ...  consider what the current arrangement means: the chinese buy up ...
evidence_5: aug 12, 2011 ... about half of publicly held us government debt is owned by foreign ... and we  are now much more like other countries, for virtually all of whom ...