a spend-and-borrow debt mess

"And just like Greece, U.S. government union-worker benefits, which run 50 percent above private-sector equivalents, are bankrupting federal, state and local budgets. They're also spawning a massive voter revolt against big-government debt that will bear fruit this November in the tea-party midterm elections."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/05/06/a_spend-and-borrow_debt_mess_105464.html