franktobia i am sorry to say but when you say the debt can be paid off you are in fact wrong because of one and only one thing the application of interest by the federal reserve that is applied to the only money printed and in circulation so that fact being true in all terms the debt will never be able to be repaid to that which is the federal reserve bank if the debt were repaid the money would cease to exist leaving no value in the monetary system frank im sorry to say that the only banking book that is a valued resource is the book modern money mechanics written in by the federal reserve bank also if you look at the shareholders of each fed bank they will all lead back to the same people mostly located in europe by saying that the federal reserve bank system does not work for profit yet they apply interest to all loans derived from them as a source is really denying that you are credible in any way and im not saying this as an insult but the only reason of interest to be applied is to make a profit feel free to reply to this at any time or email me at randomrd gmail com i will be copying this and reposting it daily to prevent editing sam gelman