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Thanks imagep! "Burdened" was the key word. After 200 years of accumulation, we had a 900 billion ND. In eight short years of the Reagan administration that had tripled. Bush-2 doubled it from 5-10, Obama is on track to doubling it again. The Reagan era ended our lending policies and made us the biggest debtor nation. My point. We have a systemic problem, not a particular party problem.
True. But what did you expect?
1/2 of the people want more and more and more from the government, and the other 1/2 of the people don't want to pay for it.
The government, that'd be the politicians, don't have the backbone to tell first 1/2 'No', and nor do they have the backbone to tell the second 1/2 they have to pay for it. Solution: Government can borrow more and politicians appease both groups and stay in office.
Everyone does realize that it's the government's entitlement programs that are driving the debt, right?