I gave up on the deficit. I used to care until DOGE was essentially rejected by both parties.dadar you're really intelligent with finance. But remember when we had all those years of 0% rates....we knew there would be a reckonning....yep trump is not a fiscal conservative...but all 40 trillion was not accumulated during his presidencies. If we want to call him out, we need to call out all who have played a role to include the congresses..
I posted yesterday, which candidate for office this cycle are running on a platform - with a plan- to reduce the deficits? Certainly not the Republicans, and I read yesterday the democrat's plans to spend more on healthcare, and other social programs...so not them either.
As a country, we haven't yet gotten serious about the deficits and they will keep rising until someone makes it a priority. Clearly other than Rand Paul there aren't many
I firmly believe the only way out is growth. Have you seen the amount of debt taken on by our mega caps the last 6 months? It's an AI future with outsized growth, or bust.
I no longer am a deficit hawk. I care much more about creating conditions to sustain the growth we invested in.