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If politicians have more concern about this than the total credit card debt of US citizens, why should any of the said US citizens have any concern about this?

If politicians have more concern about this than the total credit card debt of US citizens, why should any of the said US citizens have any concern about this? We live in one truly sick society.

nickysielicki 3y ago
As a legislator he's directly responsible for the national debt, what do you suggest he do about consumer credit card debt?
- xkekjrktllss 3y ago
  By definition, elected representatives are not "responsible for" anything. At best they are merely accountable. Saying they are "responsible for" something is incoherent.
  - jolmg 3y ago
    Different definitions. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/responsible https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/responsi... You're assuming: > being the cause of a particular action or situation But "responsible" also means: > having the duty of taking care of something Curiously, Cambridge's definition of "accountable" uses "responsible": https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/accountable https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/accounta... > responsible for and having to explain your actions
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SllX 3y ago
Credit card debt is something people choose to put themselves into. You can't go into debt without signing on the dotted line to be responsible for that debt and agreeing to pay it back. Congress and the POTUS together are the ones that sign on the dotted line when the House and Senate jointly pass a budget (or a continuing resolution) authorizing the spending and the POTUS then signs it into law. So yes, they are responsible for authorizing the spending in the first place. Conversely, they are not responsible for the debt that individuals—even US Citizens, we are citizens and not subjects nor serfs after all and therefore are beholden only to ourselves—place themselves into.

If politicians have more concern about this than the total credit card debt of US citizens, why should any of the said US citizens have any concern about this? We live in one truly sick society.

nickysielicki 3y ago

As a legislator he's directly responsible for the national debt, what do you suggest he do about consumer credit card debt?

xkekjrktllss 3y ago
By definition, elected representatives are not "responsible for" anything. At best they are merely accountable. Saying they are "responsible for" something is incoherent.
- jolmg 3y ago
  Different definitions. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/responsible https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/responsi... You're assuming: > being the cause of a particular action or situation But "responsible" also means: > having the duty of taking care of something Curiously, Cambridge's definition of "accountable" uses "responsible": https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/accountable https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/accounta... > responsible for and having to explain your actions

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SllX 3y ago

Credit card debt is something people choose to put themselves into. You can't go into debt without signing on the dotted line to be responsible for that debt and agreeing to pay it back. Congress and the POTUS together are the ones that sign on the dotted line when the House and Senate jointly pass a budget (or a continuing resolution) authorizing the spending and the POTUS then signs it into law. So yes, they are responsible for authorizing the spending in the first place. Conversely, they are not responsible for the debt that individuals—even US Citizens, we are citizens and not subjects nor serfs after all and therefore are beholden only to ourselves—place themselves into.