I've come to adopt the metaphor of Technical Tax instead for this reason. Technical Debt is something for which you have a repayment plan and a timeline on whi

I've come to adopt the metaphor of Technical Tax instead for this reason. Technical Debt is something for which you have a repayment plan and a timeline on which it will be repayed and you are making the repayments. Technical Tax is everything else. And your tax rate will keep climbing higher and higher unless you make a change at the policy level.