Current US liabilities equal to 97% of all wealth ever created by Americans

There are times when I come close to despairing over the size of government. I never totally despair because I have a deep optimistic streak. (If I didn’t there is no way I could ever do this work.) I have hope that government can be cut significantly in my lifetime and with it the crony system curtailed. My bet is this will come (if it ever does) throu…