"You need to get back in the black to start paying off debt."Do...

"You need to get back in the black to start paying off debt."

Do you or could it be achieved other ways?

Do you chase a surplus ie take money out of the economy as real wages are falling, demand stalling as a recession beckons?

Its basic economic literacy for a government but it is being ignored. The usual explanation is ideology but we can move on now and see it as using the national accounts for political expediency. If we don't have a seat on their political train then bad luck.