Debt is the American way, we've been in debt since well before the country was officially founded. And our founding fathers all had issues with personal debt. W

Debt is the American way, we've been in debt since well before the country was officially founded. And our founding fathers all had issues with personal debt. When George Washington was elected our first President he was flat broke and had to take out a loan to afford the trip from Mount Vernon to his own inauguration in New York City. (Washington DC didn't exist yet.)