Originally Posted by Joshua G

I heard identical thoughts in the late 80s, when reagan ran up the debt to 4 trillion, & people said it will take decades, is complicated etc.

as soon as a GOP congress was elected in the 90s, the budget was balanced within a couple years.

sadly the GOP abandoned fiscal prudence in the name of free wheeling spending during the bush years. as a result, the tea party was born. out-of-control spending is the key tea party plank.

donald trump is the leader of this fringe & embodies everything about the tea-baggers. thats why the establishment hates him, bottom line. he threatens their systematic looting of the federal treasury by various special interests, resulting in the debt. well his rhetoric is threatening. whether he will clean up the lobbying mess is an open question, probably not.

he will balance the budget. the liberals & the media shills will whine its on the backs of the poor. the usual boilerplate they always hurl when someone wants to spend only what comes in.