Whatever Happened to Caring about the Deficit?
Simon Whistler · November 20, 2025 · 28 min video · Americas
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"There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader." That sarcastic quote attributed to 19th century French politician Alexandra Led rie-Rolin is as relevant to politics today as it was back then and has particular relevance to the question of how deficit-focused politics rose and fell in the United States.
Back in 2010, the national debt was becoming the issue that could make or break political careers in Washington, especially on the right.
The Tea Party movements had just emerged as a fact to be reckoned with and Republicans made it the centerpiece of their opposition strategy, writing it into battle in the 2012 presidential election.
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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.
