If it wasn’t for the Bush tax cuts we would be in a lot better shape. Why can the nation not see that raising taxes of the top wage earners is the way to pay this down??? Image showing where debt comes from is here
How we could have fixed it very easily but we CHOSE not to. That is called Reaganomics. Video is here
Why should the top wage earners pay for it? Well they owe it!!! Story is here
Wikipedia look at debt is here
However Republicans/Teaparty people do not want a balanced budget as they want payoffs now regardless the increased amount they need to pay later. Story is here