is because of reaganomics. Duh. Cutting taxes does not (surprise!) raise revenue and if there is also no political will to cut spending - I'm not even making any value judgments here - teh deficit is going up. I've got some Republican in me. I worry about debt. But Jesus H. Christ on a bicycle, we (and I mean we the people, people I know and care about in my daily life) are just almost overwhelmingly stupid about this.