“This country will never balance the budget. “
I pretty much agree. Even if we did balance the budget for a year or so it would be a temporary win. Of course I would grateful it we were able to do that.
Certainly — we will never eliminate the national debt. I can’t foresee that happening. We can’t even stop adding debt and begin paying it down much less eliminate it.
If we were ever able to get to a point where we stopped adding debt then we could entertain discussions about eliminating the debt.
Not only will we not balance the budget, the yearly deficit will continue to grow at an exponential rate. Ultimately we won’t be able to pay interest. That could be the triggering event.