Jamie Dimon believes U.S. public debt is the ‘most predictable crisis’ the economy faces—and yet in just 3 months America has added $2.1 trillion to its tab

Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase (Credit: Victor J. Blue—Bloomberg via Getty Images)

America's public debt problem is no longer an issue which can be swept under the rug: everyone from Wall Street veteran Jamie Dimon to Fed chairman Jerome Powell is sounding the alarm.

But while some of the most influential figures in the economy are calling for an action plan, the government has continued to spend at a rate which will add $2.1 trillion to the country's bill by 2034.