Part of your job as a concerned American is to visit this website frequently:
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
In fairness to those who can sleep well after looking at this website, it should be pointed out that the website does not show the declining ratio of debt-to-GDP, which is improving, unless you consider the present value of entitlements like Social Security and Medicare, which are getting worse.
Which is worse: Tax and Spend . . . or Don’t Tax and Spend?