What are the implications of the growing US debt?

In your estimation, is the national debt overemphasized or underemphasized in political discussions?
August 15, 2019
Efforts to Reduce the Deficit, discuss the actions taken by Congress since 1985 to reduce the budget deficits.
August 15, 2019

What are the implications of the growing US debt?

Question Description

  1. Review the article National Debt for Beginners NPR Special Series “Planet Money” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99927343
  2. Review the National Debt Clock http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/ and the Durst Debt Clock http://www.durst.org/about/clock
  3. Visit the Student Debt Clock at Turning Point USA http://www.turningpointusa.net/student-debt-clock/
  4. Review the figures on the National Debt Clock and the Student Debt Clock (A Student’s Share of the National Debt).
  5. What are the implications of our growing debt?