…So, in terms of the potential outcomes, we have option one, austerity. This includes tax hikes and spending cuts. For all intents and purposes, this is the responsible adult solution. You raise taxes, you cut spending, you run a surplus, and over time, you pay the debt down. Plus, this actually works. In fact, a Cato study found that to be able to stabilize the debt, the US would need to implement spending cuts or tax increases equal to about $827 billion a year. That's the difference of raising taxes, implementing tariffs, or just being able to cut out the waste. It should be easy, right? Well, unfortunately, it is completely, utterly, entirely politically impossible to implement. Not to mention, everyone but Democrats and Republicans have proven time and time again that they would rather just kick the ca…