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美国的债务是症状,而非疾病:投资者如何定位

America's Debt Is a Symptom, Not the Disease: How Investors Can Position

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A Tale of Two Subway Stations

两个地铁站的故事

Clips of grimy New York platforms versus sleek Moscow or Shanghai stations highlight

纽约肮脏的站台与莫斯科或上海光滑的车站形成鲜明对比。

capacity to deliver public goods

提供公共产品的能力

rather than mere aesthetics. They hint at structural problems that precede—and ultimately produce—America's $34 trillion federal debt.

而不是单纯的美学问题。它们暗示了先于美国34万亿美元联邦债务并最终导致其产生的结构性问题。

Problem #1: Resources Flow to Low‑Productivity Services

问题 #1:资源流向低生产力服务

The care‑giving boom in New York City

纽约市的护理热潮

Between 2018 and mid‑2023, service hours in New York's

2018年至2023年年中,纽约的服务时间

Consumer‑Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP)

消费者指导的个人援助计划 (CDPAP)

more than doubled, even as traditional agency hours fell 19%.

增加了两倍多,而传统代理工时却下降了19%。

This is a program that basically pays people $20 to $28 per hour to do errands for their elderly relatives

这是一个基本支付人们每小时20至28美元为他们的老年亲属跑腿的项目。

—in some cases, on a fulltime basis..

——在某些情况下,是全日制的。

CDPAP wages now account for roughly

CDPAP工资现在约占

one in eight

八分之一

private‑sector paychecks in NYC.

纽约市私营部门的工资单。

Home‑health jobs grew by 57 k last year (≈10 %).

去年,家庭保健工作岗位增加了 57,000 个(≈10%)。

Medicaid reimburses most of those wages, so the dollars come from federal borrowing, yet the output shows up mostly as consumption—

Medicaid报销了大部分工资,所以这些钱来自联邦借款,但产出大部分显示为消费——

not

不是

capital formation.

资本形成。

Problem #2: Tradables Hollow‑Out

问题 #2:可交易商品空心化

Tradables share of 2023 GDP (manufacturing + mining/drilling + agriculture):

2023年GDP的可贸易品占比(制造业 + 采矿/钻探 + 农业):

• United States ≈ 19 %

• 美国 ≈ 19 %

• China ≈ 46 %

• 中国 ≈ 46 %

• Russia ≈ 37 %

• 俄罗斯 ≈ 37 %

Trade balance, 2023:

贸易平衡,2023年:

• United States:

• 美国:

−$1.1 T

−1.1万亿

goods & services deficit

商品和服务赤字

• China:

• 中国:

+$800 B

+$800亿

surplus

盈余

• Russia:

• 俄罗斯:

+$235 B

+$235亿

surplus

剩余

The U.S. goods‑and‑services gap widened to

美国商品和服务缺口扩大至

$140 B in March 2025

2025年3月,1400亿美元

, the largest monthly shortfall on record.

,这是有记录以来最大的月度短缺。

Borrowing to fund imported tradables is a double drag: it swells federal debt

借入资金来购买进口贸易品是双重拖累:它会增加联邦债务

and

diverts purchasing power abroad instead of into domestic plant, equipment, and infrastructure.

将购买力转移到国外,而不是投入到国内的工厂、设备和基础设施。

Problem #3: Cost Disease in Public Works

问题 #3:公共工程的成本病

Where did the $1.2 T Infrastructure Bill money go?

1.2万亿美元的基础设施法案资金流向了哪里?

Two‑plus years after passage, most 'projects' remain in design or permitting. DOE progress reports celebrate

两年多过去了,大多数“项目”仍处于设计或许可阶段。能源部的进展报告对此表示庆祝。

jobs created

创建的工作岗位

, not roads or bridges finished.

,而不是修路或建桥。

Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore):

弗朗西斯·斯科特·基大桥(巴尔的摩):

struck in March 2024, geotech surveys began Jan 2025, full reopening

2024年3月发生事故,2025年1月开始地质技术调查,全面重新开放

target 2028

目标 2028

.

Crimean Bridge (Russia):

克里米亚大桥(俄罗斯):

bombed Oct 2022, one lane reopened in 3 months, rail traffic restored in 9 months.

2022年10月被炸毁,3个月内一条车道重新开放,9个月内铁路交通恢复。

The contrast underscores America's permitting maze, fragmented ownership, and litigation risk that bloat costs and timelines.

这种对比突显了美国的审批迷宫、分散的所有权和诉讼风险,这些都导致成本和时间线的膨胀。

Problem #4: Public‑Order Premium

问题 #4:公共秩序溢价

Washington has floated tying transit grants to crime benchmarks, but accurate data went dark when the FBI's NIBRS rollout left 30 %+ of agencies unable to report.

华盛顿曾提出将交通拨款与犯罪基准挂钩,但当联邦调查局推出NIBRS系统导致30%以上的机构无法报告时,准确的数据变得不可用。

Early 2025 DOJ guidance

2025年初 DOJ 指南

now requires agencies to file both legacy summary and NIBRS data until compliance tops 95 %, making performance‑tied funding viable—if Congress acts.

现在要求各机构在合规率达到95%之前,同时提交旧式的汇总数据和NIBRS数据,这将使与绩效挂钩的拨款成为可能——如果国会采取行动的话。

How These Feed the Debt Loop

这些如何加剧债务循环

Low‑productivity domestic spending → weak real growth per borrowed dollar.

低生产率的国内支出 → 每借一美元的实际增长疲软。

Trade‑deficit leakage → debt‑financed consumption instead of domestic investment.

贸易赤字漏损 → 债务融资消费而非国内投资。

High unit‑cost infrastructure → more borrowing for each unit of tangible capital.

高单位成本基础设施 → 每单位有形资本需要更多借贷。

Public‑order premium → higher operating costs and capital flight from cities.

公共秩序溢价 → 城市运营成本增加和资本外流。

Net interest is now the fastest‑growing budget line, crowding out discretionary investment while public spaces fray.

净利息现在是增长最快的预算项,挤占了可自由支配的投资,同时公共空间也在破败。

Partial Fixes Already in the

部分修复已经在

One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB)

一个巨大而美丽的账单法案 (OBBB)

The draft OBBB

草案OBBB

nods toward the right diagnosis

朝着正确的诊断方向点头

—making bonus depreciation permanent (

—使奖金折旧永久化 (

§ 111001

第111001条

) and tightening Medicaid attendant rules (

)并收紧医疗补助随从规则(

Subtitle E

小标题 E

)—but

)—但是

ducks

鸭子

the permitting morass and the accountability gap in transit funding. Until those last two are fixed, America will keep borrowing a premium price for sub‑premium public goods.

审批的混乱和交通资金问责制的缺失。在解决这两个问题之前,美国将一直为低于标准的公共产品支付高昂的费用。

Missing:

缺失:

permitting reform and performance‑tied transit grants. Until those last two are fixed, America will keep borrowing premium dollars for sub‑premium public goods.

允许改革和与绩效挂钩的交通补助。在最后这两项问题得到解决之前,美国将继续以高昂的成本借入资金,用于购买质量不佳的公共产品。

What Would Treat the Disease, Not Just the Symptom

治疗疾病而非仅仅症状的方法

Raise tradables share

提高可交易份额

Neutral expensing for all structures.

所有结构的中性支出。

Fast‑track energy‑intensive manufacturing permits.

快速审批高能耗制造许可。

Strategic tariffs / border adjustments

战略性关税/边境调整

—including the Trump Administration's 10 % baseline tariff on manufactured imports, the 60 % Section 301 duty on Chinese EVs, and a draft carbon border‑adjustment framework—to level the playing field.

——包括特朗普政府对制造业进口产品征收的10%基础关税、对中国电动汽车征收的60%的301条款关税,以及一份碳边境调整框架草案——以实现公平竞争。

Triage transfer programs

分诊转移项目

Sunset pass‑through home‑care models unless tied to measurable outcomes.

除非与可衡量的结果挂钩,否则日落通过的家庭护理模式。

Re‑validate disability rolls.

重新验证残疾名单。

Slash infrastructure unit‑costs

削减基础设施单位成本

One‑agency permitting clock.

单机构许可时钟。

Benchmark budgets to OECD medians; claw back overruns.

将预算基准定为经合组织中位数;收回超支部分。

Restore public order

恢复公共秩序

Condition transit grants on crime‑rate benchmarks now that national data collection is back on track.

现在,全国数据收集工作已重回正轨,可以依据犯罪率基准来进行过渡性拨款。

Restrict high‑corruption inflows

限制高腐败流入

Tighten visa/green‑card issuance from nations scoring poorly on the Transparency International CPI, and ramp post‑arrival audits of federally reimbursed providers to curb Medicaid & welfare fraud (e.g., the $1 B

加强对透明国际CPI评分较低国家的签证/绿卡发放审核,并加大对联邦报销提供者的事后审计力度,以遏制医疗补助和社会福利欺诈(例如,10亿美元的案例)。

Miami led by Cuban‑American physicians

迈阿密由古巴裔美国医生领导

and the Somali

和索马里人

$250 M “Feeding Our Future” scheme in Minnesota

明尼苏达州2.5亿美元“养育我们的未来”计划

.

Implications for Investors

投资者的影响

Status‑quo trajectory (rising debt + financial repression):

现状轨迹(债务上升 + 金融压制):

bitcoin‑proxy trades; gold and other hard‑asset hedges. We added to a position in one bitcoin proxy,

比特币代理交易;黄金和其他硬资产对冲。我们增持了一个比特币代理的头寸,

Semler Scientific, Inc.

塞姆勒科学公司

SMLR

SMLR

, yesterday.

,昨天。

Pivot to a more productive U.S. economy:

转向一个更加高效的美国经济:

new‑nuclear names, advanced‑manufacturing REITs, and on‑shoring enablers (chip‑fabrication equipment). We exited one new-nuclear name,

新核能公司、先进制造房地产投资信托基金(REITs)以及本土化推动者(芯片制造设备)。我们退出了一家新核能公司,

Oklo, Inc.

奥克洛公司

OKLO

奥克洛

, for a 385% gain last week. It was a Portfolio Armor top ten name last week as well, but I held off on putting a new trade on it, because I was concerned it had run too far. It's now up nearly 25% today, on news that it has been selected to supply power for a U.S. Air Force base in Alaska.

上周涨幅达385%。它也是上周投资组合护甲前十的股票之一,但我没有进行新的交易,因为我担心它已经涨得太多。今天它因被选中为美国阿拉斯加空军基地提供电力的消息而上涨了近25%。

Holding both buckets lets a portfolio participate under either scenario.

持有这两个桶可以让投资组合在任何一种情况下都能参与。

Take‑away:

外卖:

Debt is the symptom, not the disease. Until the U.S. redirects capital from low‑yield consumption toward high‑yield production—and demands accountability for every infrastructure and safety dollar—borrowing will keep climbing no matter how loud the fiscal hawks squawk.

债务是症状,而非病因。除非美国将资本从低收益消费转向高收益生产,并且对每一笔基础设施和安全开支要求问责,否则无论财政鹰派如何大声疾呼,借贷仍将持续攀升。

In the meantime, if you want to find Portfolio Armor's top names like Oklo, I post them in my weekly Top Names post.

同时,如果你想找到像Oklo这样的投资组合顶级股票名称,我每周都会在“顶级股票”帖子中发布它们。

You can also find them daily on the Portfolio Armor

你也可以在投资组合护盾上每天找到它们

website

网站

and

iPhone app

iPhone 应用程序

.

And if you want a heads up when I place my next trade, you can subscribe to the Portfolio Armor Substack below.

如果你想在我进行下一笔交易时得到提示,你可以订阅下面的 Portfolio Armor Substack。

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