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by buddavis_ 502 days ago
The interest payments are yesterdays sins.

Increase social security taxes (example: no longer stop taxing wages over $150k for a start)

Decrease social security benefits. Means testing. If you have over $200K of income, then no check (or $300k, pick a number. Just not $50k)

Cancel 1 leg of the nuclear Triad. Cost / Benefit military procurement vs. keeping Lockheed healthy.

A functioning congress could fix this problem. If they functioned.