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The most direct and obvious way is to cut the amount of money the government is spending.
by dantheman 17y ago
The most direct and obvious way is to cut the amount of money the government is spending.
- dschobel 17y agoI was going to ask whether annual expenditure has ever decreased year over year but I found the answer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt Looks like it's not unprecedented but debt over GDP hasn't decreased year-over-year since before Reagan, so it just hasn't happened in most of HN's visitors' lifetimes.