AND REMEMBER, THIS IS THE ROSY SCENARIO: Washington Post: Obama Budget Plan Shows Interest Owed On National Debt Quadrupling In Next Decade. Honestly, the past couple of years have shown a degree of criminal irresponsibility on the part of our political class — and particularly of this administration and its Congressional allies — that I wouldn’t have thought possible even a few years ago, cynical as I am. It’s been a perfect storm of greed, shortsightedness, and arrogance.