>>509650421The politicians play dumb and pretend there's only two options
>Cut social security which is a program that only people who pay into it benefit fromWhich is insanely unpopular for obvious reasons
or
>Keep racking up debt foreverOur military budget is almost a trillion dollars and most people would be okay with reducing it by a lot. Its higher than Russia, China, England, France, and Germany combined. That's absurd.