These processes wrecked havoc with the average IQ of Cabinet members and Congressional aides. As a result, the best and the brightest were replaced with the best of the under-represented. But at least this came with good humor, for it was downright hilarious that a Surgeon General would advocate teaching little boys to play with themselves. Because of the above reasons and probably many others as well, only a small percentage of today's population understands the concept of debt. Let me attempt to justify the nation's situation in a few sentences for you non-economist types.
Debt is an investment.
Bonds are debt and bonds do not have the same negative connotation as debt. Thus, we are not in a financial crisis. We just owe interest on bonds to a few investors. Without deficit spending, we would still be stuck competing with big communist nations in arms races. Arms races are simple to understand.