"On another site about five years ago, I wrote about the fact that servicing the national debt [ie., just paying the interest owed, not lowering it] will in the not too distant future be the largest part of our annual budget, and as it grows larger eventually it will be necessary for cuts in programs, and even eliminating some due to lack of funding..."

Then why didn't you lead the fight to let the $trillions of tax giveaways expire?

You were dead silent then, and after that you VOTED FOR the people who said they'd make it worse.

If you're looking for blame, start in your mirror.

" We spend money like drunken sailors."

Sorry pal, you had your chance when the question of extending the trillions in tax giveaways came up.

You were dead silent.

If you're posting to take the blame, continue.

If not, kindly help yourself to a heaping bowl of STFU.

"Do Democrats have any kind of plan to reduce spending? "

Rescind the Trump tax giveaways.

"If so, I'm all ears."

No, you're not. I've mentioned this before, multiple times. You clearly weren't listening then.

But that doesn't address the fact you voted FOR the folks who returned the largest deficits in American history. And then you voted for them again. And then again, even after they said they'd RENEW the trillions in tax giveaways.

"Neither party cares about the debt"

Democrats wouldn't have extended the Trump $5 Trillion giveaway. In fact, they wouldn't have passed it in the first place.

Any why are you ignoring the salient moment when Cheney and Dubya reset America's fiscal sights???

"It's complicated to assign debt to the sitting president considering everything that goes into incurring it."

That's why you blame the folks who changed directions.

"It's complicated to assign debt"

Let me ask a Math 101 question:

If you're running a deficit budget, and you've got sunsetting tax breaks that'll cost $5 Trillion dollars if you extend them...

...Does extending them represent 100% NEWLY BORROWED MONEY?

It's a yes or no question.

"spending goes to: Medicare/Medicaid/SS"

Are you counting net spending, or only using half the equation?

Any "entitlement" spending must be offset by current "entitlement" revenue.

"My only issue with blaming one party is that it feels like I'm letting the other party off the hook"

Neither deserves to be off the hook.

One, in particular, deserves the blame for resetting America's fiscal sights, so they could have two rounds of tax cuts for the wealthiest. Which has now turned into FOUR sets of tax cuts for the wealthiest.

"If it works for you, then fine."

Actual history of the math IS fine; I agree.

"That's a math 101 question?"

I'll certainly be on the mid-term.

"That's a math 101 question?"

I'm assuming the only way one graduated high school math was by knowing the difference between plusses and minuses.

"Danforth tries to vote shame me over the debt"

Only when you clutch your pearls at the deficit you helped enable.

You were dead silent when Trump wanted to borrow this most recent $5 Trillion.

Feigning distress now is a bit disingenuous, wouldn't you say?