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Originally posted by cmccuist
I've always wondered how bad it has to get - how high the national debt has to get - before any politician/president starts to do something about it.
Doesn't there come a point when you have to start paying back the debt? Like when the huge glut of baby boomers starts hitting social security.
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I don't have the answer, but defining the question is a good start.
The social security system would have had a multi-trillion surplus by now if the politicians (both parties) hadn't started raiding the reserve back in the 70s.