I have noticed that when I email Alaska’s three U.S. lawmakers that the topic of national debt is not one of the topics on their lists to choose from.
According to the national debt clock (http://www.usdebtclock.org/) our debt is $21,034,831,400,009. According to the U.S. Census Bureau (https://www.census.gov/) the current U.S. population is 327,381,490. Dividing the debt by the U.S. population gives a debt of $64,252 for each man, woman and child in the U.S. For a family of four that works out to $257,007.
Our legislators are saddling our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren with so large of a debt that our nation is headed for bankruptcy. What does the future for them look like?
Congress recently reduced taxes, increased the debt ceiling and increased spending, adding more to our national debt. I use the term “our” because it is your debt that Congress created.
Is Alaska’s Congressional Delegation pretending it is not important enough to add to their list of topics? Are they trying to keep us in the dark? Why are our three “leaders” not leading to fix this? Maybe you should ask them.
Gary Miller,
Juneau