Here is a link to an op-ed written by Seantor Mike Enzi, R-Wyo, and published in Roll Call on October 27.
From time to time, we seem briefly aware of our skyrocketing national debt, but usually we forget we’ve been on the largest spending spree in American history. And without a strong economy to help generate tax revenues to pay the bills, our national debt has grown by trillions of dollars in only a few short years.
Though Congress attempted to scale back our spending somewhat, the reality is our intermittent awareness has not yet helped us to truly solve our spending problem. We only delayed it. Add to that Congress’ recent pattern of going into budget autopilot, passing continuing resolutions year after year, and it’s clear we continue to heap trouble on our heads and the heads of future Americans whether we pay attention to it or not...
