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Join Jim and Greg for three crazy martinis today! First, they cringe at the idea of taxpayers footing the bill for up to $50,000 in salaries for journalists in the new spending bill pushed by Democrats. They also fire away at President Biden and other lefties for trying to convince the public that their multi-trillion spending binge won’t add anything to the deficit. And they get a kick out of Beto O’Rourke criticizing Biden for being too tough at the border.
America’s recent presidents have been all over the spectrum politically, but they shared one thing in common: near-total indifference to our national debt.
Beyond the troubling debt-ceiling standoffs we witness every few years looms a far more dire threat: a true US government default, which economists warn could lead to a collapse of confidence in the American economy, a run on the dollar, and perhaps even a global economic meltdown. How close are we to such a catastrophic federal default?
One of Hillary Clinton’s campaign proposals is for additional infrastructure spending to the tune of 
Not much talk about the national debt during this GOP primary season. Oh, there’s the obligatory — passing — reference to it during speeches and debates, but little more. Indeed, 
This may be as good as it gets regarding the US debt situation. This from the 
Democrats have big spending plans. Republicans have big tax cut plans. Debt and deficits? No one 
