Perhaps. I must admit I don't understand national debt. But the first step to paying it off is surely cutting the deficit so at least it doesn't grow more than its interest. Please correct me if you know more.

And while the rich aren't that rich, corporations are often that rich, right? Yet we seem to throw away billions because the government dare not lift a finger against the richest corporations, or else they don't even want to.

To this end, even if one is to buy the "we're all in this together" line, the pain being inflicted on the middle and working class through public spending and wellfare cuts stings all the more when there's this huge corporate sector of tax-dodging über-wealth. Maybe fair taxes won't solve every monetary problem, but they'd sure help a lot in balancing the books, and the coalition's not even trying it. Cutting public spending was their first choice because they hate it as a matter of principle; what other explanation can there be?

If this country was sinking and it was all hands on deck, fine. It would hurt everyone but we'd have to take it. But the wealthiest are barely taxed, according to Meachers. In fact their wealth is growing year-over-year, rather than that of the lower classes. The cuts have been deep, but also swift — they were itching to bring down the axe — and that really stings too.