The Great Deficit Ruse

You don't really care about the deficit. Not really. It's an abstraction to you. More crucially, the deficit is not your fault. You are not responsible for paying for one dime of the federal debt. No portion of your justly made income should be taken to cover the fiscal irresponsibility of anyone except perhaps your children. Actually, it's very bad parenting always to be ready to pay the kids' debts. It's similarly bad citizenship always to be willing to pay the government's debts.