One month to go in the US govt budget year, which ends Sept 30th. The national debt has already grown by $2 trillion in the past 11 months. $40.2 trillion and growing fast, way faster than our economy is growing. Meaning, the debt is and interest payments are out of control. Congress continues to ignore the issue and spends larger and larger amounts each year. Zero effort is being made to bring down spending.(Wall Street Mav)