The growth of the national debt, if not stopped, will bankrupt the nation.

Okay round 2 you decided to go by key terms. Which is fine it just not what i really wanted to hear. Why because when your title says "The growth of the national debt, if not stopped, will bankrupt the nation". I want to know why, when and how it going to bankrupt up the nation. I know some of the key terms you mention are important such as Federal revenue, Mandatory spending, Debt service, Deficit, Discretionary spending. And yes they are important but failed to mention the WHEN part. The When the part is very important because you failed to mention how long does this deficit have to go on before it actually starts to hit the economy. Most of the experts think this deficit won't affect us too much just our kid's children, to their children and grandchildren. The debt-to-GDP ratio is important to understand as well... "The debt-to-GDP ratio compares a country's sovereign debt to its total economic output for the year. Its output is measured by gross domestic product". (1.) https://www.thebalance.com... This ratio is used as a tool for investors, leaders, and economists. "It allows them to gauge a country's ability to pay off its debt. A high ratio means a country isn't producing enough to pay off its debt. A low ratio means there is plenty of economic output to make the payments". (2.) https://www.thebalance.com... " The estimations establish a threshold of 77 percent public debt-to-GDP ratio. If the debt is above this threshold, each additional percentage point of debt costs 0.017 percentage points of annual real growth. The effect is even more pronounced in emerging markets where the threshold is 64 percent debt-to-GDP ratio. In these countries, the loss in annual real growth with each additional percentage point in public debt amounts to 0.02 percentage points. The cumulative effect on real GDP could be substantial. Importantly, the estimations control for other variables that might impact growth, such as the initial level of per-capita-GDP". (3.) https://elibrary.worldbank.org... The best element an investor has is the faith in a government's solvency is the yield on its debt. When yields are low, that means there is a lot of demand for its debt. It doesn't have to pay as high a return. The United States has been fortunate in this regard. During the Great Recession, investors fled to U.S. debt. It is considered ultra-safe. As the global economy continues to improve, investors will be comfortable with higher risk because they want higher returns. Yields on U.S. debt will rise asdemand falls. "The U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio is 104 percent. But that's not a critical for a country which can issue debt in its own currency. The United States can simply print more dollars to pay off the debt. For this reason, the risk of default is very low".(4.) https://www.thebalance.com... Debt service reserves are cash assets that are designated by a borrower to ensure full and timely payments to bondholders. Debt Service Reserve Funds (DSRF) have been used for many years by private businesses and public entities to support debt issues. Look at the economy is doing great. The job market doing well, the private sector is going well, the economy is building new business, and the housing market is going well. And not just here but globally. So, the national debt is over 20 and a half trillion dollar right now. That doesn't matter much it could go over 30 or 50 trillion and it won't matter too much. As long the economy is going well, and the federal reserves keep on printing money out. It will not affect this generation too negative. It just a number and that all it is. You say the National debt going to bankrupt up the nation. If that is true, When? and why does it matter to this generation?