evidently you are not paying attention.

Out of curiosity I checked the national debt clock again this morning only to discover we are now

$127.8 BILLION DOLLARS

over the

$17 TRILLION DOLLAR MARK!

Humm, yesterday it was $75B, today $127.8B (and constantly spinning forward), so that would be an additional  $52.8 Billion a day later.   wow.

You know, studying our national debt is rather like appreciating the vast distances between the planets and stars.  I mean, we use the same descriptive numbers; million, billion and trillion and only need to replace the standard unit of measurement of DOLLAR with MILES or LIGHT YEARS.

My best to you and yours, Lew