Nothing Forces the Government to Fix The $40 Trillion Debt
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Nothing inside the government forces anyone to deal with the debt. Not even the debt ceiling. It only forces Congress to vote on borrowing more, and every time, Congress has. The debt is on track to hit it again in 2027, and in the meantime the pile grows by about $1 trillion every five months.
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