stripes and shapes say wait a minute, no, i do care about this. why have they been so quiet? why have they been so quiet over the last two years, then? well, because everything s in the orbit of donald trump. it s about him. he has ruled out taking action on the very things that drive our debt and spending conundrum. people don t want to go if you re a republican you don t want to go against him on that front. so if he s not going to lead, i m not going to lead. so you ve got the republican party frozen in place. and on the democratic side i watched two democratic presidential debates wherein there was not one question or one conversation about debt and deficit and what comes next on that front. on both sides there s sort of an unholy alliance that i think brings us that much closer to the edge of this financial presa pace that wasn t there before. we are running higher dhaebts