[Myrddin]

As far as the national debt, just direct the current estate tax to only go to reducing debt...by a new law.

Estate taxes are THEFT of private property. Only a damn communist would advocate stealing the private property of another person for the collective benefit of the government.

[A CA Guy]

Estate taxes have been in place for a long time. I have no problem with personal responsibility, so as long as they direct the current estate tax to repayment of the national debt, that's fine with me.

How else were you going to suggest we pay off this national debt instead of leaving your responsibility to others?
Do you suggest a one time assessment of thousands of dollars or what?

You wouldn't create a bill at a restaurant and run away without paying, it is no different here.

Once the national debt is payed, stop the tax and also have limits on spending so they stop deficits.

Lots of work, but I do believe the bottom line is self reliance and responsibility.
I do not think the dead should leave the world with their national debt unpaid to be left to others.
This seems a somewhat painless way to continue what is and to get some pay-down.

I look so forward to what you instead suggest, because budget controls and other things have yet to ever be manifested and seem an unrealistic dream at this point. Plus we are at war.

For our actual and financial future we should be self reliant and responsible.
We do not have a right to cut and run on our national debt IMO, even by death if we left an estate.

Private citizens all owe this public debt despite how desperate people want to argue for free stuff from their parents.