I've been a debt-hawk my entire adult life and sometimes dream of how it could have been. After the Carter administration, total USA debt from the beginning of time to 1981 was about a trillion dollars. And, it was off to the races with reagan doubling the national debt in just 8 years. We are now at $32 trillion and counting. Going back to the early 80s, what if we had collected more taxes and spent less money to truly balance the budget each and every year? We could have paid off the national debt by now. Instead, our country is faced with high interest payments for the rest of time.

I've been a debt-hawk my entire adult life and sometimes dream of how it could have been. After the Carter administration, total USA debt from the beginning of time to 1981 was about a trillion dollars. And, it was off to the races with reagan doubling the national debt in just 8 years. We are now at $32 trillion and counting. Going back to the early 80s, what if we had collected more taxes and spent less money to truly balance the budget each and every year? We could have paid off the national debt by now. Instead, our country is faced with high interest payments for the rest of time.

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