why is a personal credit card a bad analogy for a country in debt?

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I keep reading how in the UK it’s poor economic literacy for Rishi Sunak to use personal borrowing as an analogy for a country borrowing money. I’ve tried to read about it but I just get confused on the details, economics is just not a strong point. The credit card maxed out is easy to relate to just with bigger numbers, but I understand things don’t translate when going from small to big but I just can’t get my head around why in this instance.

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Maxing your credit card £20K bad
Mortgage to buy a house at £200K good
Not all debt is equal

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