Whatever Happened to Caring about the Deficit?
Simon Whistler · November 20, 2025 · 28 min video · Americas
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Discover how deficit politics rose and collapsed in America—from Tea Party fury to bipartisan abandonment—as shifting economies, political upheavals, and unmet predictions reshaped public priorities and transformed Washington’s fiscal battles.



