Dave, that applies to every country, everything's going up, and in those US rising expenses and debt is Obama's huge pumping of the economy to keep it intact during the great recession, which will be followed shortly by Trump's huge public infrastructure injection approved by both parties. Some call it socialism, your taxes to make work and pay for amenities and military, but to me it's part of a public/private mixed economy that's been around as long as I can remember. Look up how national debt made the mighty British Empire, starting with a loan from the Rothchilds. The only point of concern is whether America has the right stuff to back it up in its people, innovation and resources. You've got that in spades.