You can figure out a better way to pay down the debt or your children can face their eventually Venezuelan poverty.
I think mine works.
We possess a nearly infinite amount of resources/assets which is never considered when calculating our “debt”. How much are the coal fields out west worth? How much is the Grand Canyon worth? Or the oil fields? Precious metals? Land (most of several states is federal land).
Considering the financial side of things and ignoring the real side is not good thinking.