If government took every red cent from every citizen, bank, and business in America they could still not pay off the debt that is owed. Government has people buffaloed into thinking that taxing people and corporations more, will help fix things, like the debt we owe. Nothing is further from the truth.
We were once the wealthiest nation in the world, but all that prosperity was not good enough. We started borrowing, and borrowing, and have been living above our means for so long it has become completely normal for us to do so. We have been robbing future generations for so long, that it does not even bother people anymore. People just like government, go into massive amounts of debt to buy educations, homes, cars, and gifts for themselves and others, that they can not afford. We have just become accustomed to living in debt.
America will never vote in politicians that tell us its time to live below our means. All we want to hear is that better times are ahead, and we believe those lies, because it just what people want to hear.
Government does not want Americans to get out of debt, and save. Government wants people to spend and go into more debt, so they have positive economic growth numbers, so people will vote them in again.
The party has been great, but its time to turn out the lights, because the party is about over.