I about sh** my pants.
This is where I get back to “originalism”. People often bemoan Alexander Hamilton as wrong for wanting a national government that paid what it owed, the beginnings of a modern financial system, etc.
When we look at what things have turned into, and then go back to primary documents from AH and look at the original principles and goals, the train having left the rails is unmistakable.
What the Founders were pursuing was responsibility, good stewardship and national sovereignty.
The opposite direction of where we’re headed.