Your children's burden: $20,492,594,576,868 + $1,500,000,000,000

[ffr]

Public Debt Outstanding stands at: $20,492,594,576,868

Republicans cannot call themselves fiscal conservatives when they plan on adding $1.4T - 1.7T to our children's burden.

[Calculating]

1. To be fair we can't ever pay it off anyway

Our only real hope is that someday inflation will make it manageable. Trying to pay it off would involve decades of MUCH HIGHER TAXES, and DRAMATICALLY reduced spending off all kinds. Military, SS, medicare, etc would all need to be cut.

The founders really messed up when they didn't put some fundamental rule in our constitution about running a balanced budget.

[ffr]

2. It wasn't that hard between 1992 - 2001 when it was done by Clinton.

It can be done. And it can be done while growing the economy and bettering the middle-class.

[Calculating]

4. Mostly we need to avoid wars

We were doing good prior to GWB and his double feature in the middle east.

[joshcryer]

7. Basic income and single payer, plus investment into education and infrastructure.

Fixed in two full presidential terms. Worlds largest economy becomes exponentially stronger. But they have no clue what they're doing.

[roamer65]

3. My prediction.

That number will pass $30T by January 20, 2021 or earlier.

[Joe941]

5. Yeah it's a real problem and I don't know what...

The answer is. Staying out of wars is prob the best advice.

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. Staying out of wars and stop with the tax breaks for the rich.