[CaptainMorgantown]

More specifically, the only time the media cares about deficits is when a tax cut is being discussed.

[babble-on]

And the only time we DON'T care about deficits is when tax cuts are being discussed. And yet we live in a federated republic that (eventually) holds us all responsible for all the debts that our elected representatives incur on our behalf.

[xzins]

I keep hoping they fail to pass the debt ceiling and president Trump gets the chance to run the country only on current receipts and not on borrowed money. I think he could actually do it. He’d have to stop spending money on some departments and agencies and cut others drastically but I think he could fairly do it.

If we could run the country without borrowing but everyone across the board would have to take a 25% cut on whatever they were expecting would you do it? I would.