Given that
-the U.S. has a $22T national debt or $269,113 of federal debt per family of four,
-we at least has to pay the interest on this debt,
-the federal debt is again about to rise at a $1T/year pace,
-we have a $621B annual trade deficit [[2018),
-we have to choose between higher taxes or higher deficits,
-new taxes can be income taxes, tariffs, tolls, fees...,
-Democrats, President Trump. and most Republicans are doing nothing to restrain spending or to increase taxes,
-signs abound that the recovery has peaked and a recession is brewing,
-and we are being entertained with campaign promises of free stuff costing more trillions,
there is the need for a thread to entertain thoughts and proposals to address our situation.