Debt as a percentage if the GDP is a key measure.
1) We can reduce the debt.
2) We can reduce the rate of growth of the debt.
3) The Feds can sell off assets, sell of the USPS, etc
4) we can increase the GDP.
#1 is political suicide.
#2 is suicide for some. Would you agree to a cut in your favorite spending? Or only in the other guy’s favorite spending?
#3 The Feds have a lot of underused assets that would bring hundreds of billions, putting them on the taxpaying rolls.
#4 This was the focus of the Trump Plan... Even the parts that were poorly thought out or poorly implemented had this intention. Trump’s cut back of the over regulation of the economy was a major success and proved it could be done without the boogey man getting us.