New York City, NY – The National Debt Clock, located in New York City, and its affiliated website now require a quantum computer to continue calculations due to the mind-bending rate and complexity with which the U.S. government is spending.
In December 2024, Google revealed that its new 105-qubit processor, known as Willow, had completed a calculation so extreme it borders on the unimaginable. The task, called random circuit sampling, is a type of benchmark designed to stress-test quantum processors. According to Google, the calculation would take the fastest classical supercomputers an estimated 10^25 years—that’s 10 followed by 25 zeros, or 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years—a number so vast it dwarfs the age of the universe itself. Willow did it in less than five minutes. And this, apparently, is the computing power now required to track the U.S. government’s complex and ever-climbing $37 trillion debt.
Unfortunately, neither side of government seems particularly interested in addressing the issue adequately. Democrats are spending like African dictators, while the GOP is cutting tax revenue faster than those same dictators cut off their citizens’ heads.
The quantum computer, more complex than a human mind can imagine, offered just two simple options to help solve the problem:
1. Cut spending
2. Increase taxes and tariffs (or at the very least maintain them while cutting elsewhere)
The only other option is growth-led tax income increases, purportedly en route thanks to Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. While the jury is still out on that, it remains our only hope.
Most people understand that a “good government” is essentially an oxymoron. Yet both sides seem to be approaching this crisis the same way California is “solving” its homelessness problem.
To highlight the gravity of the debt, one commenter quantified it in terms of time:
“Imagine if we found a way to pay back an average of $10,000 every second ($864,000,000 per day). It would still take 118 years to pay it off… Yep.”
It remains clear that a coordinated, bipartisan effort is required if there’s any chance of solving this crisis. All we need are two parties who can’t even agree on whether the term “Christmas” is offensive to come together on possibly the most complex and divisive issue we face.
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