TheRealMafoo said:
NO! 1.2 trillion of those are ours. We have to pay them, not Bush. |
I think it is the American people's fault frankly. We have allowed politicians to do this for years without doing anything about it. We reap the benefits of the tax cuts and increased spending and then choose to complain about it.
We always like to blame government for our problems, but we are the ones who elect them year after year.
But that being said, the middle of one of the worst recessions in the century is not the time to start being fiscally conservative. Once the economy recovers, we should severely reduce government spending AND increase taxes. We have to restructure our entitlement programs so that they will be solvent in the future.
And the American people need to quit acting like if taxes are raised it will be the end of the world. We are much more likely to screw ourselves if the national debt isn't paid off.
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