Here in the US, an argument that gets brought up in seemingly every debate is the fact that our country is 18 trillion dollars in debt. And a question I really want answered is: why should we care? Our debt has minimal impact on our country's spending ability; in the end, the US is accountable and will always be able to keep borrowing more money, or even print more ourselves. So are there any tangible negative impacts that our massive debt has brought about or will soon bring about? Or is it just a meaningless number to be ignored? I'm kind of leaning towards the latter.
