# Why is the Debt/Deficit issue #1 for so many people?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-debt-deficit-issue-1-for-so-many-people/624297>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 6, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-debt-deficit-issue-1-for-so-many-people/624297 "2012-06-06T18:31:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-debt-deficit-issue-1-for-so-many-people/624297/161 "2012-06-21T08:02:01Z")

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> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#):
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> All right, bad word choice. I should have said I’d _demand_ they pay down the debt. I _expect_ the GOP to be insincere.

How do you intend to enforce this demand?

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**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-debt-deficit-issue-1-for-so-many-people/624297/162 "2012-06-22T06:15:40Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> How do you intend to enforce this demand?

That’s the problem with public figures who are full of shit. You have to trust them to do what they promise; you can’t make them do it.

People who are serious about paying down the debt and have thought it through will vote Democratic. Not because it is perfect, but because it is the only chance.

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