The Bush war debt and its purpose.

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5. Wasn't it Reagan's budget director who admitted they ran up the debt on purpose so they

could have an excuse to attack social policies ?

There might be some deliberate long term strategy on their part.

Mostly I think it's just capitalists asking themselves "How can I get alot of money right now?". Since they own the politicians, too often the answer is they get money by looting the public treasury and running up public debt.

Americans have thought for a long time that we have a pretty high-quality democracy. But it's becoming clear this is just your basic banana republic and those are the rules that apply.