So the National Debt is worrying you. Have you ever look at the history of the Debt?
http://www.toptips.com/debt_history.htm
The only time that the debt has declined for any reasonable period was from 1920 to 1930 where it went down yearly.
You want to reduce the debt then forget about taxes get another Calvin Coolidge in the White House.
The history is what it is, but the debt is here and needs to be reduced or eliminated.
We shouldn't pass this like a curse down through to future generations.