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Originally Posted by Azure
Universal health care would save money long-term.
Either way its not about reducing the debt as much as growing the economy.
But given how much the US spends and what the deficit is at right now, the US could easily balance the budget with small increases in taxes and less pork.
Run a $100 billion dollar surplus per year. Use that to slowly pay off debt.
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As long as the U.S. is in a permanent election cycle it will never pay off its debt or get much else of importance done.