The U.S. debt is now above its current limit of $14.3 trillion,
a figure so large that it is nearly impossible for the average
American to comprehend.  Under the budget proposed by President
Obama for 2012, the debt would rise to $25.7 trillion in 2021.
The annual interest alone would be about $700 billion, and that
would only increase with inflation. President Obama's proposed
budget was so excessive and fiscally irresponsible that it was
voted down in the Senate 97-0.  In spite of these facts,
President Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress still want to
increase the national debt limit without making meaningful
spending cuts or reforms. This plan, a so-called "clean"
increase in the debt limit, recently failed a House vote of
318-97. Every Republican and 82 Democrats voted against.  There
is a bipartisan consensus that increasing the debt limit
requires major spending cuts and budget reforms. Every day,
solving our debt problem becomes more challenging—and the range
of options to deal with it becomes mo