The American Dream is drowning in a sea of red ink. Our national debt, a staggering $34 trillion, translates to a crushing $100,000 burden on every citizen, a mortgage on our future we didn’t even sign. This wasn’t inevitable. Just three years ago, the figure was a staggering $26 trillion, but under the “adults in charge,” the tab has inflated by a monstrous $8 trillion.

Remember the Tea Party rising when the debt hit a mere $13 trillion in 2010? Those were simpler times. Now, a $34 trillion behemoth looms, and the response? A nonchalant shrug and another debt limit raise. Each time, it’s like granting permission to steal more, a never-ending cycle of borrowing with no real plan for repayment.

But the worst part? We have almost nothing to show for it. Unlike past debts incurred during wars or economic calamities, this one ballooned under blue skies and relative prosperity. Where did it all go? Billions poured into electric car chargers that haven’t materialized, sunk into a high-speed rail project to nowhere, and vanished in consultant pockets lining their mansions with taxpayer dollars.

Politicians call it “investment,” a smoke screen for irresponsible spending sprees disguised as budget proposals. Each one promises the moon, cures diseases, and ushers in utopia, all funded by magic beans (or more likely, borrowed money). The reality? Crumbling infrastructure, soaring inflation, and a future mortgaged to a generation barely out of diapers.

This isn’t just about numbers on a screen; it’s about broken promises and dwindling opportunities. Our children will inherit this debt, their dreams weighed down by the financial recklessness of today. We’re living in a kakistocracy disguised as an oligarchy, with elections serving as mere distractions from the grand heist unfolding.

America in 2024: a tragic mix of a kakistocracy, an oligarchy, and a kleptocracy, where stealing is disguised as governance. By the next election, the $34 trillion will be $35 trillion, another billion here, another trillion there, pretty soon, it’s all real money, isn’t it? But whose pockets are overflowing while ours remain perpetually empty?

The time for hand-wringing is over. We need accountability, transparency, and a serious plan to rein in this runaway debt. Otherwise, the American Dream we hold so dear will be just another casualty on the altar of irresponsible spending and political pandering. We deserve better, our children deserve better. Let’s wake up before it’s too late and reclaim the future that’s rightfully ours.