Presidential and congressional candidates must address the national debt

Last week, the U.S. Treasury announced that the gross national debt reached $35 trillion – that’s more than $266,000 per U.S. taxpayer. To put it in perspective, it would take 22 years to pay off this debt if every family in the country donated $1,000, per month. Worse, it is projected to double over the next 10 years! Folks, this is a national crisis.