Quote:Excellent idea. Do you have any other ideas for the remaining 99.999942%?

 

You don't pay off the entire national debt.  Around 66% of the national debt is owed to the United States.  Things like the Federal Reserve, Social Security, Etc... 

 

One thing that could be done to decrease spending would be to take some of the unused properties owned by the government and sell them, or turn them into low-rent housing for low income families.  Selling the properties would eliminate the spending on utilities for those unused properties.  And making low-rent housing available would decrease spending on properties (if not eliminate it entirely depending on the viability) 

 

...Also Survivor: Congress edition.  16 senators stranded on an island for 31 days.  

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