[Svartalfiar]

SECTION 15. No person may be elected or otherwise placed into a federal Constitutional office for a subsequent term while the national debt of the United States exceeds $30 trillion.

Bad idea. Hard numbers are rarely a good idea for something that is going to vary relatively over the years. A better option, instead of $30T, is to say 'exceeds 100% of US national GPD'. (Note, GDP is around $21T right now, so this would already go into effect. Could always say 150% of GDP if you still want to give a couple years' buffer.)

[Brian Griffin]

My $30 trillion cap idea is based on the 1808 slave importation cutoff date of the Constitution.

“already go into effect”

My idea doesn’t go into effect right away, which makes it, like the far off into the future slave importation cutoff, more politically palatable.

A slavery abolition date of 1860 could have been easily set into the Constitution in 1787.

“150%”

That’s 2.5 times the EU limit of 60%.

Federal debt is just an invitation for the squandering of federal funds. It should be minimized.

There’s really no good reason for the federal government to have much debt. Major wars are simply either a waste of money and lives (Iraq) or unthinkable US vs. China/Russia. And I don’t have to elaborate upon the federal support of defective lifestyles.