When was the last time you 'kicked a can down the road'?

Not lately? Maybe never? Even if you happen to come

upon a can on the road these days, you wouldn't kick it;

instead, you would most likely pick it up and recycle it.

Nonetheless, this old expression is frequently used these

days by those who bloviate endlessly about America's

national debt. Would it be too much to ask these folks

 to at least devise a more relevant figure of speech?