America is a beacon of freedom worldwide, yet the biggest threat to that freedom is a crushing national debt that has saddled future generations in the order of tens of trillions of dollars. The Trump administration is doing what it can to cut spending, but Congress is not yet on board. The evidence contained in the House and Senate budget blueprint proves that Congress has yet to take our national debt seriously. The result of Congress not tackling debt is a looming crackdown on economic and personal freedom as the federal government expands on top of a flawed way to continue spending more than it takes in.

Organizations on the Right and Left have argued that our national debt is both a national security threat and a threat to freedom. EJ Antoni of the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation wrote last year that the interest payments on our national debt are “the federal government’s third-largest single line item in the budget” and have become so large “that it exceeded 60% of all personal income taxes collected in February (of 2024).” If an average American family ran their budget like the federal government, they would reach a point where credit cards, mortgage payments, and other debt payments would exceed income and cause bankruptcy.