yep, they have to
They have to keep kicking the can down the road as far as they can before they just run out of road. And they may just be running out of road. That is when it will get REALLY bad. But they’re pretty creative. They have sort of reached a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” point. The only question is, which choice gets you “less” damned? And if raising interest rates only affects the government “down the road”, they will increase interest rates.