[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "Imagine spending more money than your income, borrowing some, and then continuing to spend at levels you’ve been spending; who does this, and what’s the end game?"

The "looting of the treasury" is now become the looting via debt of the nation. In a picture:

It is attributed to George Washington: "The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury."

[one guy in new jersey]

Giving the fairer sex the vote appears to have cooked our fiscal goose.