As far as being economically illiterate you have to pay when you spend. Since the political class refuses to cut spending they will just have to pay for It. If that is class struggle so be it. We are dealing with a new realitry and that is that the rich are now the socialists and the rest of you are just going to have to get used to it.
You really need to separate your economic thoughts from your political ones. I am a business owner. If my costs, including taxes, rise to the point where I cannot support my business, then I have to either raise my prices or go out of business. There is no other choice.
With regard to the political side, I’m amused at you lecturing me on what needs to happen. You need to get over yourself.
Securing the border is a national priority - for sovereignty reasons.
Reducing spending is a priority, but “we the people” cannot directly affect it. The RINO class of republican has shown an unwillingness to reduce spending - only (at best) to reduce the rate of increase in deficit spending.
With respect to the media, you are begging to have the government broach the first amendment. If the media is to be forced to be fair by the government, then the government gets to decide what “fair” is, and regulates the content that the media can present. That is not possible with a valid and vibrant first amendment.
If we want a fair media, then we the people need to push the media in a more neutral direction, but NOT through government.
I;m sorry if these truths do not fit into your fantasy of what government should be. But they are truths nonetheless. If you wish to, you can rant at me further in this thread, but I will likely not respond unless you actually start to answer the questions already posed to you (another liberal tactic), and if you start to ask sensable questions.
I suspect we agree on a number of issues, FRiend. But I also know that you seriously misunderstand economic reality.