Most of us don’t understand the extent of our government’s indebtedness, but we do know that we’re saddling our kids and grandchildren with a ton of debt. No one’s happy about that, but what can we do?
Here’s an interesting interactive graphic that will help you and your teen get a handle on exactly what can be done to pay it off. It’ll get you both talking about where cuts should be made and/or taxes should be increased. Each decision you make reduces the debt….but also has repercussions.
Try it and see what I mean. I actually got the whole thing paid off fairly quickly. But I have a feeling some of my decisions wouldn’t be very politically popular. Oh, well, I’m not running for office. But I’d vote for anyone who would make the same cuts I did 🙂
P.S. The time your teen spends on this should count towards a civics or government unit.
Barb,
This is too cool. I can’t wait to do it with my guys. Thanks for the link,
Carol
I’d love to hear what they think of it, Carol….
Oh my. Cool, but kind of depressing, too. Because you know that no real cuts will ever be made.
Too true, Dana, but I tried not to think about that part. We can dream, right?