Neither party has any plan or intention to pay off the $20 trillion debt or to stop it from growing. Since half of the people do not pay income taxes, the voting populace will not support the needed spending cuts. Our founding fathers made a huge mistake by not including an iron clad provision in the constitution to outlaw deficit spending. So, we will continue to borrow and spend until our creditors will no longer allow it and then the country will collapse. I don't believe there is any way to stop it.