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I did read the entire article. Lots of good history, but not enough emphasis on how we get out of this hole. We need serious budget surpluses for many years.

Short version massive tax cuts and no fiscal discipline when Republicans run the government

Bush tax cuts Afghanistan/Iraq war Trump tax cuts x 2 Covid Trump over spending

An insolvent country acting as an extortionist, stomping over previously signed agreements and destroying global economic stability. Canada will not be an enabler.

Trump is a disgraceful conman, so many Americans opened their door and let him walk right on in - He bankrupted two Casinos- Casinos never lose- He isn't a never was a good business man- That was the big Con-

I understand the need for detailed information and, simply put, the entirety of the issue boils down to one simple, concrete fact: Republican policies are anticapitalist and economically unsound.

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This is the best explanation I’ve read of debt vs deficit and the scary situation we’re in due in part to 2 decades of massive tax cuts mostly benefiting corps and wealthy. Staff up IRS. Reform and modernize Internal Revenue Code (has not been recodified since 1986). Tax hikes on uber wealthy.

I found the culprits - Republicans

I think the answer is: Republicans.

GOP: "Just one big tax break treasury giveaway to the rich after another - one GOP administration after another." (And pretending that they can declare such moves "permanent".)

Very good report @onestpress.onestnetwork.com Although really giving the dizzy, but one need to know I wonder how may American citizens will read it...

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HEY TRMP, A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT DID THIS. YOU HAVE SENT IT SKYROCKETING.

The amount of debt attributable to Social Security and Medicare is about 7% of the total national debt. www.reuters.com/markets/us/w...

The article separates two questions: what drives federal costs, and why revenues are insufficient to cover them. The first includes Social Security, Medicare, healthcare, military spending and wars. Taxation belongs to the second question. Conflating the two makes the analysis less precise.

We know how.

Those tax and spend Democrats and their balanced budgets!

I’m sure it’s a good article - but I already know the answer is REPUBLICANS. All you need to do is look at the numbers and who was in charge at the time.

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Driving the national debt up is just a scheme for the rich to profit off the interest from the loans they have on it

Stop funding old people. They got us in this mess. Tax the wealthy into the ground. They got us into this mess. Stop senseless wars. They got us into this mess. Stop voting Republican. They are selfish, mean, and stupid so they are incapable of getting us out of this mess.

Ironically, one of the main architects of Clinton's budget was Republican John Kasich. He would have made an excellent president if people hadn't been distracted by the antics of Trump in 2016. Kasich was also the first Republican to reject Trump from Day One.

Let’s size up this big US achievement. The annual interest payment on debt is twice the wealth of Elon Musk. US needs two Elons to pay one year’s worth of interest. US needs many more Elons. Enjoy!

Let me guess, the answer in one word is, republicans? [Rhetorical question. I'll read the story.]