When career politicians run the government

When President Barack Obama essentially doubled the national debt during his eight years in office, Republicans took him to task and rightfully so. Now annual deficits are soaring over $1 trillion, nobody’s talking about the national debt. Why? Neither the Democrats nor their media cousins consider deficits or debt to be urgent, and Republicans are not going to raise any concerns that might adversely affect the best economy in the world. 

Years ago during the Obama administration, a couple of business majors in my public speaking class wanted to give speeches on the dangers of national deficits and the debt. Their comments generated a number of comments from fellow classmates, both for and against their theses. One classmate said he didn’t believe America had any debt. He said his family believed all the fuss over the soaring debt was made up by the media to scare us.