Because that is the only way to stop them from spending. Money for Ukraine, money for Africa, money for illegals, money for causes, money for art, money for COVID, welfare for the poor, welfare for the rich, money for studies, money , money, money.
And with it influence and obligation and all of it, all of it dripping with both both corruption, controlism and inefficiency.
All of which, of course, cost more money.
I thought, foolishly, that they might blink in the wake of the COVID debt. But that was not to be. In fact all pretense is now gone. We are busy with our tribalism "gotcha's" u-tubes and outrage so they no longer even give lip service to curbing spending. Well the big government repubs at least pretend. But that's about it.
The only thing I can think that would stop them is an actual inability to get credit
How do we get that done?