US Government debt just exceeded 39 trillion dollars, more and 100% of America's GDP.

Conservatives make a lot of noise about this...until they take power. Now that they control all three branches of government they seem to be on a mission to borrow as much money as possible for things like mass deportation and unnecessary war in the Middle East while cutting funds for health care, child nutrition, and scientific research for new medications.

It's time to expand the tax base to cut the deficit and create budget surpluses so we can pay down our national debt before the interest payments alone cross the $1T annual threshold.

Stan Scott outlines a bit of the history that got us here and proposes five ideas for fixing this problem, including a wealth tax on billionaires to cover the interest on the debt.

Check it out, s ...