We should take the debt seriously, but that means being honest about how we got here.
Spending alone didn't get us to $40 trillion.
Decades of tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations have cost taxpayers trillions.
Read my full op-ed in @financialtimes.com:
"My Republican colleagues who say that we got to $40 trillion because of spending alone are ignoring half the story." Read RM @congressmanboyle.bsky.social's op-ed in @financialtimes.com on America's growing national debt and the consequences of GOP tax breaks for the ultra-rich: