I just dont understand why people want to make this more complicated than it is.
This country is in debt. The way you get out of debt is pay it back a little at a time.
Take our current income, use 95% to provide services, and use 5% to pay toward our debt. Do the same thing year after year. Problem solved. We eventually become a creditor nation and the world pays us to use our money instead of vice versa. Those who do not want to accept that solution want to spend more and live in debt in the name of social justice or waging war, it is as simple as that.