[zeugma]

Actually, every single dime you pay in federal income taxes goes to pay the interest on the national debt.

[sten]

that is not correct. interest payments on the debt are around 8% of the budget last i checked

meanwhile, we haven’t heard much about the total debt. currently at $13.4 trillion

when GWBush left office it was $9.5 trillion. that’s a $4 trillion increase, almost 50% jump in the national debt in 18 months