re: National debt tops $22 trillion for the first time as experts warn of ripple effects

Republicans have failed
Democrats have failed

The right blames the left
The left blames the right

In 60 plus years we have had one year of surplus. That was with a Democrat president and Republican Congress. Newt and Bill worked together and that is the last time both parties truely worked together.

Obama doubled the deficit
Reagan doubled the deficit

6 surplus years(23-29) before The Great Depression.

Andrew Jackson almost balanced the budget. He left office in 1837 and that is the year of the Panic of 1837 a recession that lasted into the mid-40’s.

Nobody has the right answers on either side and America is still a great/best country.