"... to spend faster than any of the 17 advanced economies..."
What makes being up the front end of disaster so "advanced"? Most of those economies are teetering on being Trailer Trash Economies anyway.
The current throw away of the intellectually challenged is that we are not as bad as the "Advanced" bla bla bla Economies.
Tell someone in the medical profession that you "only" have a melanoma and that you are lucky that you don't have a Grade 4 Brain Tumour with less than 90 days to live. You could safely bet any money that they won't suggest you ignore it!