““when you have no idea what to do, and everything that you might have to do is very unpopular, you form a commission,” said rep. brad sherman (d-calif.).

“frankly, unless we have truly extraordinary economic growth, we’re headed for a pretty bad outcome,” sherman said. “you need revenue, you need to deal with spending, you need to deal with entitlements — and you need to wonder whether democracy is capable of doing any of that.”

there’s also no clear consensus on what, exactly, reining in the debt even means. on the campaign trail, republicans talk of balancing the budget, but economists focus more on whether the debt is growing faster than the economy as the relevant measure.“

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