[InMemoriam]

One of the big contributors to this is the federal reserve’s low interest rate policy.

There is a reason for stapling those rates to zero. Take any projected interest rate increase you deem reasonable, and multiply it times the national debt. Now divide by the number of taxpayers.

We are pretty much out of runway.

[Smokin' Joe]

We are pretty much out of runway.

On the current glide path, "runway" is only a radius a couple times the wingspan.