What will it take for Americans to care about the debt?
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A Short Word: On Debts and Deficits
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The Economics Quarterly: July 2018
While the quarterly GDP growth rate hasn't been below 2.0% since the first quarter of 2017, it also hasn't been above 5.0% since the second quarter of 2014, and it's a long way from the 7.0% rate in the third quarter of 2003.
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The Economics Quarterly: 2017Q1
The economy has been moving upward since about 2015, but, from a purely political standpoint, much of this growth could be attributed to the general impression that the political winds were going to change in Washington.
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A Short Word: America Lurches Leftward
The Republican Party is now firmly a center left party, with the Democrats so far to the left, they are playing in the street.