I have always wondered something. With the debt we have, which is currently over $7 trillion dollars, we are spending according to http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/:

The National Debt has continued to increase an average of
$1.72 billion per day since September 30, 2003!
How much debt can we mount before we declare bankruptcy?

There is even a way you can send money to help pay the debt:

Please follow these important steps to make a contribution to reduce the debt.
Make check payable to the "Bureau of the Public Debt"
In the memo section of the check, make sure you write "Gift to reduce the Debt Held by the Public "
Mail check to -
ATTN DEPT G
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
P O BOX 2188
PARKERSBURG, WV 26106-2188
With the cost of the war, health care and other programs, how can we afford to spend anymore? It feels like we are using a giant credit card and we are going over the limit by a few trillion dollars.

I am not an accountant, so any light on this would be cool.