Wouldn’t it kill us only if we kept borrowing?
Well right now we are borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spend federally and if we balanced the budget tomorrow we'd still have to borrow to roll over the existing debt as it comes due and its average maturity is 3 years.
What if we just said we’re not going to roll over existing debt?
We’re broke. Broke nations don’t borrow money. Sorry your politicians lied to you for 60 years, but you and your parents kept voting them in office.