House Speaker John Boehner in a USA Today op-ed called the nation’s debt a “crushing burden” on future generations and said that “talking about our debt isn’t the problem — failing to fix it is.” Here’s more from the op-ed:
Last month, a USA TODAY editorial called our debt and deficits “an increasingly urgent national crisis.” It is, and one we cannot ignore. Unfortunately, inaction is exactly what the president and members of his party have in mind. They went into a state of panic recently when I said we should talk about — and yes, actually solve — the debt problem that’s hurting our economy. There have even been suggestions that these calls for action to heal our economy are somehow designed to do it harm.
