I think a logical first step should be to stop it from growing larger by requiring that every federal budget be balanced.
The level of national debt is controlled by Congress in the United States.
The President cannot raise the debt ceiling. Only Congress can do that.
The largest portion of uncontrollable spending in the federal budget is the spending that Congress approves.
There is no constitutional limit on the size of the national debt. Congress establishes a limit above which the debt cannot go. However, it periodically raises this limit as the need for more spending arises.
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the national debt was something used to create national debt
The address of the person or organisation to whom you owe the debt. The address to which the payment should be sent should be somewhere on the bill or invoice. If it's not, then you should contact the creditor for the correct address.
What was the national debt in 2003?
Alexander Hamilton drafted his First Report on the Public Credit to outline a plan for eliminating the national debt. He did this at the request of Congress in order to pay of the debt and establish national credit.
$350,000,000 in national debt
The US National Debt is nearly $16,963,703,000, or 16.9 trillion dollars.
Because we pay for it