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Spending has been a bipartisan failure for a long time. One person, or one entire government at a singular snapshot in time, is not to blame. Fiscal responsibility is out the window now. It’s snowballed out of control on both sides. Someone needs to reign it in...but they likely won’t be popular or be able to buy votes by promising free stuff.
Eventually, in a big financial "crisis" one day, financial discipline will suddenly be imposed by the lack of ability borrow/print more money without serious ramifications. The only thing that has saved us till now is the fact that everywhere else in the world is at least as bad or worse financial trainwreck (or hides the numbers).