I would just like to welcome all those who are now so concerned about the national debt, especially those who were silent about it since the early 80's when the budget deficits began to grow big time. While embarking on massive deficit spending to enlarge and modernize our military, the mantra was "government is the problem" and "starve the beast" and "deficits don't matter." Welcome, but get your facts straight and don't overreact to destroy a fragile economic recovery. Note that revenues have been starved by historically low tax rates (similar to the 1920s), the annual budget deficits have been SHRINKING as a proportion of GDP in the past four years (despite what you hear in the echo chamber). Government employment is down and private sector employment is up, federal spending has been pretty level despite an aging population and aging infrastructure. Clearly we are on a better trajectory than we were coming off the "Great Recession." Don't forget we've been fighting the longest war in American history while cutting taxes - we never tried that before. This is not the time to shoot ourselves in the foot. Getting the economy back on track is the single best way to reduce the long term debt at this point. Welcome, let's continue to adjust course without taking a nose dive.