The unconscionable, uncontrolled, unmanageable debt the US elected governments have managed to accrue is 34 trillion dollars. It’s a number so big it’s impossible to truly conceive, let alone understand.
Recent data published by the Congressional Budget Office show that last year, “Discretionary Spending” in the Land of the Free totaled 1.7 trillion dollars.
Remember, “Discretionary Spending” is one of the three broad categories of federal spending; the other two are interest on the debt and mandatory spending.
Interest on the debt and mandatory spending (which includes programs like Social Security and Medicare) are like your monthly mortgage payment– they get sucked out of the Treasury Department’s bank account every month. Congress doesn’t even debate or discuss those categories.
All of the haggling and bickering and politicking in Congress is purely over discretionary spending. And it includes almost everything else we think of as ‘government’, i.e. military, national parks, homeland security, embassies around the world, etc. So, here’s what’s remarkable:
Again, discretionary spending totaled $1.7 trillion last year– which includes US military expenditures.
However, the other spending categories– mandatory spending (Social Security, Medicare, etc.) and interest on the debt– were so vast that the federal government still had an enormous deficit for the year. How enormous? $1.7 trillion enormous.
Look at those numbers again: Discretionary spending for the year was $1.7 trillion. The fiscal deficit for the year was also $1.7 trillion.
Conclusion? The government needed to eliminate ALL discretionary spending last year– including the military– to balance the budget.
Think about that. US spending is now so high that nearly everything we think of as government– from the United States Marine Corps to Yosemite National Park– needs to be completely eliminated to make ends meet.
Alarm bells should be ringing everywhere. But they’re not. Hardly anyone in power has even noticed. Moreover, the United States will add another TWENTY TRILLION DOLLARS to the national debt through 2033 and 2033 is a REALLY important date because it also happens to be the year that Social Security’s primary trust fund completely runs out of money. This is madness and it can only end badly.
The above information is largely taken from an article by Simon Black, founder of Sovereign Man.
Thank goodness Jesus Christ is coming back, first to defeat the army of the Antichrist at the battle of Armageddon and then to rule and reign the nations with a rod of iron. Jesus rules with the glorified Saints.
“From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.” Revelation 19:15
“The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I, myself have received authority from my Father.” Revelation 2:26-27
