Fine, JP5, you don't consider this a problem. I disagree; I think $300 billion a year wasted on interest payments, while we pile on even more deficit spending, is an indefensible bipartisan waste of taxpayer money that lets us live high on the hog while we stick our kids with the bill.

But can we at least for starters stop talking about taxes as if they're inherently evil? Can we instead start talking about our fiscal responsibility as a nation? Can we stop rewarding politicians for pandering to us with our children's money?

Can we stop saying that the way out of deficit trouble is by cutting spending and "government waste"? Those two pots are too small to be meaningful on the scale we're talking about.

Can we string up anyone who demands a "no new taxes" pledge, or a "tax cuts are always good" pledge, or proposes trillions in new spending while ignoring how to pay for it?

"Politics as usual" leads to a lot of bad math.

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