Reduce National Debt – How to Do It!

Reduce National Debt!  It seems to be a popular battle cry these days, but no one seems to know how to do it.  In fact, as far as I can tell, no one is even putting forward proposals on how to reduce national debt.

We hear our politicians talk about the “need” to reduce national debt, but month after month the federal government debt keeps rising.  The counter below gives an approximation of the national debt at this very moment.  I think you’ll notice it’s going UP, not down!

So how do we reduce national debt?  I have an idea that I think would work.  The concept is extremely simple, but the practical implementation would be difficult because of the way Washington works.  But if the American people put enough pressure on the White House and Congress to reduce national debt, then maybe at some point they will be willing to consider possible solutions.

Here’s my idea.  Each year, federal expenditures should be limited to the PREVIOUS year’s ACTUAL tax revenue.  In other words, in any given year, the federal government is never spending more than it brought in the previous year.  Any excess revenue each year would then be allocated to reduce national debt.

In most years, this would result in an overall reduction of the federal government debt.  That’s because in most years our economy grows, resulting in increased tax revenues from one year to the next.  So if we limit our expenditures to “last year’s” tax revenue, that should leave excess funds to apply toward national debt reduction.

This would require a change in the federal budget process, but most people agree a change is needed.  Regardless of whether or not you agree with this idea, if you’re tired of the uncontrolled growth in our national debt, I encourage you to contact your Congressman and Senators and let them know you oppose the current reckless spending in Washington and the explosive growth in our federal government debt.

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