Zarak - Let not your heart be troubled... In the last 20 Years, yes, the national debt has gone up $5 trillion dollars... but the wealth of the country has gone up $25 trillion... a net $20 trillion increase.

Look at it under two lights... You buy a lot worth $150,000, and borrow $100,000 ... then you build on it, and now owe $600,000, but the house is worth $2.5 million ... is that good ?

Also... If you could wipe out the debt, but lose the $25 trillion in increased equity... the country would be in a depression that makes the 30's look like a picnic.

Oh... and the entire deficit is due to increased spending... not tax rate cuts. (note... I did not say tax cuts... we brought in MORE revenue this year than in 2000)