While we do overspend the bigger problem is we under tax, specifically the rich. Our debt payments are also getting out hand which is going to be a big problem.

You mean a simple solution won't work for an exceptionally complex problem? 😱

You're completely right. It won't solve the debt problem, that can only be solved with a redone trade policy. I'm just saying that in the abstract, its a good direction to go in IF we implement the stuff that I listed in my comment. People will work better if the system works for them. It currently doesn't, and people are just trying to survive.

last time i bothered doing the napkin math, it really wouldn't take much to reduce the national debt to more sustainable pre-9/11 levels. just tax rich cunts (anyone who is a milllionaire) at 60-70's level of taxation for 4 years and it would be paid down to that level within 1 election cycle