This might be able to done over a 30 year peroid

[eagle7_31]

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/11/fixing_the_debt_a_reality_check.html

However neither political party would have the stones to try this.

 

[MarathonMike]

What are the chances of bipartisan positive cooperation now that the Democrats have set the new standards for the minority party? From now on, we will be dragged through investigation after investigation of the sitting President. Thanks Democrats for shooting the 2 Party system in the head.

 

[BuckToothMoron]

Politicians do not plan for the future of the country, they plan for their next election, and it’s really hard to get elected if you tell people the entitlement gravy train is going to slow down while taxes will either raise or at least stay constant. Add to that the pork spending spigot is shut off, and you likely won’t find an elected official who will get on board. As for the idea that we can copy what Sweden or Switzerland did- it’s hard to scale. Those countries have much smaller populations and GDPs compared to the US. In fact we have at least 5 states with larger GDPs than those countries.