Source: CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 4/12/18


Being responsible for my actions is one of the core values that frames how I view current issues. When we are part of a large group, we often displace our sense of personal responsibility onto the group and ignore issues that need our attention.
The U.S. national debt is over $21 trillion – larger than our gross domestic product (the amount of goods and services we produce in a year). For me, $21 trillion is a hard number to understand – it is easier to understand that if we were to divide this debt up between the 126 million households in the United States, it is as if each household owes ...

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