You can fix america in under 4 years: Year 1- Raise taxes 10%. Cut spending 10%. This will lead to a budget surplus. Pay down a small amount of debt. Year 2- Stay the course. Do not buckle, start new wars, start spending. Pay down another small chunk of debt. Year 3- The bond market sees we are serious. Interest rates will fall to zero. literally as low as we have ever seen. With it, mortgage rates go down to covid levels. Economy grows 5%+. Year 4- Refinance all outstanding debt. Bumps up rates, but still well under what spot is now. By the end of the 4 years, the US economy is growing faster than anyone else on earth. Borrowing costs are at all time lows. The extra tax revenue more than covers the short term cuts we had to do. everyone is richer, we secure another 250 years of the american empire, there is more money for everything. At any point, any political party can do this. but its like cooking a meal vs doordashing taco bell. Its harder to do, so no one does it.