In my own life, at least, the much-touted tax cuts of the Reagan years went unperceived. Like 'ol man river, the tax load just seems to keep rollin' on, regardless of the propaganda disseminated about it. The accumulated deficits comprise the government's portion of the national debt. That's a lot of work being done to satisfy the demands of the bankers for interest on money they created from thin air. It won't work.
Banks create our money.
This means that the ultimate payment of the entire debt is impossible. If Uncle pays off his debt, it is with funds taken from us via taxation, increasing our debt. As a nation, we are trying to borrow ourselves out of debt. We cannot pay the national debt. Indeed, it is not inaccurate or misleading to point out that the national debt is our money.