[hinckley buzzard]

No one in power seriously considers paying back the debt. Their theory is, the government is in perpetuity, and can keep rolling debt over indefinitely. If the time ever comes that the government can no longer do that, the debt will be the least of our problems. That’s the way they think, anyway.

[wafflehouse]

Ride the Gravy Train until someone else gets elected and its Someone Else's Problem!

there is NO solution* to this issue, it is a major symptom of the Terminal Condition that our country is in.


(* Any possible solution involves political pain which is a nonstarter for any politician)