{"id":5424,"date":"2024-08-06T12:19:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T16:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=5424"},"modified":"2024-08-06T12:19:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T16:19:57","slug":"congress-wont-tackle-the-debt-unless-americans-force-the-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/congress-wont-tackle-the-debt-unless-americans-force-the-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress won\u2019t tackle the debt unless Americans force the issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"315\" data-attachment-id=\"2851\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/five-reasons-why-you-cant-judge-a-congress-by-counting-laws\/the-hill-newspaper\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"850,315\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Hill Newspaper\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper-300x111.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper.jpg 850w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: rgb(43, 44, 48); font-family: &quot;Graphik Web&quot;, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: collapse;\">Earlier this year, Gallup pollsters asked Americans how much they worry about the federal government\u2019s deficit and debt.\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: &quot;Graphik Web&quot;, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-color: rgb(42, 83, 193); color: rgb(43, 44, 48); text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; text-underline-offset: 0.3rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/147626\/federal-budget-deficit.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seventy-seven percent<\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(43, 44, 48); font-family: &quot;Graphik Web&quot;, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: collapse;\">\u00a0worried about our nation\u2019s red ink \u201ca great deal\u201d or \u201ca fair amount.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0This result was not unusual. Every year since 2011, between 63 and 87 percent of the individuals polled have said they were worried&#8230;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/finance\/4811926-americans-worried-federal-debt\/\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, Gallup pollsters asked Americans how much they worry about the federal government\u2019s deficit and debt.\u00a0Seventy-seven percent\u00a0worried about our nation\u2019s red ink \u201ca great deal\u201d or \u201ca fair amount.\u201d\u00a0This result was not unusual. Every year since 2011, between 63 and 87 percent of the individuals polled have said they were worried&#8230;. 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