Every politician promises fiscal responsibility. Then they pass another bill we can’t afford. They borrow, they spend, they get reelected. And we get the invoice. We always get the invoice. They say the national debt is $35 trillion. I can’t even wrap my head around a million. A million dollars is more than I’ll make in my entire life. A trillion? That’s not a number. That’s a threat. My dad left me his savings account. Three hundred dollars. He worked forty years and that’s all he had. Forty years of showing up early, staying late, never missing a day. And the country he built owes more than it can ever pay back.

They borrow against our lives like we’re collateral. Maybe one day we’ll stop letting them. But not yet. We keep voting for the same people who promise to fix it. We keep believing the next guy will be different. He won’t be. They’re all playing the same game.

I work hard. I pay my taxes. I balance my budget. Why can’t the government do the same? If I spent like they spend, I’d be in prison. Or bankrupt. Probably both. But they get applause for adding trillions to the debt. Trillions!

Someday the bill comes due. I just hope I’m not around to see what happens next. Because when a country spends itself into oblivion, the ending is never pretty.