Op-Ed: The Debt Dilemma
By JC Bowman
Executive Director of Professional Educators of Tennessee
We must have a candid conversation about a delightful little subject that has somehow managed to become the elephant in the room: debt. Yes, that nagging little shadow that follows us everywhere, whispering sweet nothings about how we can have it all—until the bill comes.
In recent years, we have seen our society stumble into a financial funhouse filled with sports gambling debt, credit card debt, medical debt, student loan debt, and probably even that mysterious debt you incurred for that inflatable bounce house you just had to have. The total U.S. household debt recently hit a whopping $18.39 trillion. That’s trillion with a…