Progressives are demonized as violent revolutionaries to maintain the ruse. Most progressives on Main Street just want ALL their neighbors to be accepted in the local community. That’s turned into a fear mongering meme to empower government and maintain the public-private collusion occurring between politicians and aristocracy.
There is zero evidence aristocracy is necessary to maintain civil society and prevent reality from imploding. There is a lot of evidence of aristocrats invoking “end times are here!” if their figurative identity is questioned.
If Congress doesn’t want the money borrowed, they shouldn’t authorize spending more money then was collected.
How can you be sure it can? $31T is the current value, but it has only been at this level for maybe a year, after sharp increase during COVID pandemic. It's entirely possible that this debt will bring US down in the next couple years - too soon to tell.
It has nothing to do with actual concern about our debt, and is entirely about pleasing republican voters who believe that the US congress doing anything is bad, and others who just want to own the libs.
This is basically the only thing that republicans have power over right now in congress, because nobody trusts house Republicans anymore because of just how goddamned crazy some of them are, and how often they go back on their word.