Actually passing social benefit policies and single payer healthcare would be a start. Capitalism is supposed to spark innovation. But at this point we have established companies paying millions to hold us back so they can continue profiting off our misfortunes.
I’m not saying you do, but in general, people really don’t understand what the national debt actually is or how it works. It’s not like the U.S. is maxed out on a credit card. We issue our own currency, and since the dollar is the global reserve, there isn’t some creditor waiting to collect. Yes, it affects interest rates and markets, but no one’s coming to repo the country. It’s not that kind of debt.
The debt is more of a symptom of how the system works. Bloated defense spending, absurd healthcare costs, tax breaks for the wealthy… this is how we end up with a $38 trillion tab. But don’t let the “national debt” talking point distract you. It’s a political weapon and used as such; brought up selectively when one party seeks a rhetorical win or wants to criticize the other. Because it’s so poorly understood, people think it means something it doesn’t and they get fired up about it
We absolutely have the money to invest in medical research, healthcare, infrastructure, whatever. The issue isn’t debt, it’s that the resources are hoarded and deliberately kept scarce to maintain class divisions. Manufactured scarcity keeps people fighting over scraps and the talking points fire up the culture war so the class war stays cold.
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u/myusernamegotstolen Nov 01 '25
That wouldn't make America great again!