Does the phrase
"Kicking the can down the road" sound familiar? It should. It means,
"Borrowing (running a deficit) to avoid payment for present spending."
The problem with that strategy is that the payment for all the borrowing
will eventually come due. It is simply not possible to continually
consume more than you produce. The advantage of this strategy is that
the politicians who do the borrowing will be long gone when the payment
comes due.
Economic problems arise, however, when people become very dependent upon goods and services provided by politicians (of both parties) who pay for the goods and services by kicking the can down the road.
Did you know that the U.S. deficit (more money spent than taken in, thus increasing the federal debt) is going to exceed $1 trillion for the fifth straight fiscal year? The U.S. federal government never increased its debt by more than $1 trillion in a single fiscal year prior to 2008. The U.S. federal government has increased its debt by more than $1 trillion each year since fiscal 2008. All of this spending exists to support the country's dependency habit.
Yes, I agree that George Walker Bush, no bargain, had a hand in the debt increase. But he is a piker when compared to President Barack Hussein "kill list" Obama. Did you know that the U.S. federal government debt has increased more during Obama's presidency than it did during the entire eight years of the Bush presidency? And that the debt is now more than 100 percent of annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? In other words, it would take more than the entire U.S. produces in a year to pay off the debt.
Economic problems arise, however, when people become very dependent upon goods and services provided by politicians (of both parties) who pay for the goods and services by kicking the can down the road.
Did you know that the U.S. deficit (more money spent than taken in, thus increasing the federal debt) is going to exceed $1 trillion for the fifth straight fiscal year? The U.S. federal government never increased its debt by more than $1 trillion in a single fiscal year prior to 2008. The U.S. federal government has increased its debt by more than $1 trillion each year since fiscal 2008. All of this spending exists to support the country's dependency habit.
Yes, I agree that George Walker Bush, no bargain, had a hand in the debt increase. But he is a piker when compared to President Barack Hussein "kill list" Obama. Did you know that the U.S. federal government debt has increased more during Obama's presidency than it did during the entire eight years of the Bush presidency? And that the debt is now more than 100 percent of annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? In other words, it would take more than the entire U.S. produces in a year to pay off the debt.
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