Monetary policy discourages the increase of spending-money.

Tax policy encourages the increase of spending.

These policies increase our reliance on credit.

That is why we have so much debt.
 
Policy is the problem.


We have no policy to prevent the accumulation of debt.

Policy is the problem.

 

The ideas ... here ... are extremely simple and should be obvious. The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones....
  --  J.M.Keynes