The US federal government paid over $375 billion of interest on the national debt in 2019 and will pay roughly $479 billion in 2020
http://thesoundingline.com/interest-expense-on-the-national-debt-to-rise-at-fastest-rate-ever-in-2020/
Sounds like an interest only home loan I had. After 7 years it would blow up to something I couldn't afford. That's the one that went back to the bank, in 2010

Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.