Republicans and Democrats contribute equally to the nation's fiscal crisis via different tactics. Republicans gut the IRS and cut taxes while Democrats expand spending. Both actions are popular with their respective bases and donors but push the country closer to bankruptcy.

Political gridlock is portrayed as an intentional strategy. By creating a temporary economic downturn via a shutdown, the administration creates fiscal and monetary space to inject massive stimulus leading into midterm elections, timing the recovery for political gain.

When governments engage in deficit spending to provide benefits or fund programs, the cost is not free. It is paid for by devaluing the currency through inflation, which erodes the purchasing power and savings of every citizen.

Deficit spending acts as a hidden tax via inflation. This tax disproportionately harms those without assets while benefiting the small percentage of the population owning assets like stocks and real estate. Therefore, supporting deficit spending is an active choice to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

To fund deficits, the government prints money, causing inflation that devalues cash and wages. This acts as a hidden tax on the poor and middle class. Meanwhile, the wealthy, who own assets like stocks and real estate that appreciate with inflation, are protected and see their wealth grow, widening the economic divide.

Money printing is a politically expedient way to provide voters with the illusion of "free" services. It allows governments to spend without immediate, visible taxation, playing directly into the human tendency to prioritize short-term ease over long-term consequences.

In a democracy with massive debt, reckless government spending becomes inevitable. The electorate will consistently vote for short-term relief (money printing, free programs) over the long-term pain of austerity, making fiscal irresponsibility a predictable outcome of human nature.

Debasement isn't just a complex monetary phenomenon; it's a political choice. Both political parties have embraced providing benefits (tax breaks or programs) without paying for them. This structural deficit is financed by a 'never ending giant amount of government bonds,' which structurally erodes currency value.

Broad, non-means-tested stimulus programs, like the COVID CARES Act, function as the greatest intergenerational theft in history. They overwhelmingly benefit asset-owning incumbents by inflating housing and stock prices, while burdening younger generations with the debt used to finance the bailouts, effectively locking them out of asset ownership.