### Comment:
While this is true, we will likely have to pass tax increases in the near future to cover our liabilities. I'm betting Democrats will take the initiative, since the Republicans don't seem to care at all about fiscal responsibility.  
  
 Thats not necessarily a bad or good thing. There just aren't many areas where we can make cuts, and the federal government is massively underfunded right now.

### REPLY:
The government will literally never cut spending or increase taxes because whoever is responsible for it won't get reelected. The only time it will happen is when the future repercussions are both close enough (within 4 years) and large enough (massive recession) that the government will take action to get their shit under control. And when they do that, they're going to have to both raise taxes and cut spending. So yeah, everything really is going to shit.

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