“Yet the deficit continues to grow. Spending continues to outpace revenue. I’m beginning to think that everyone in DC is lying to us. They really don’t care about the deficit at all. Let the grandchildren of us peasants worry about it.”
There will never be another elected politician that does anything real to REDUCE the deficit, much less the accumulated debt.
All reward and positive reinforcement is on the spending side. Actual cuts to spending will result in being fired from the best job in the world.
I guarantee that as Social Security gets closer to running our of money in the trust fund in 2033, we will see an increase in SS tax. As soon as everyone on Social Security hears that their benefits will be cut by 23% they will vote for whoever promises to stop the cuts.