Just to make it perfectly clear, the TAX CUT is not what adds $1.5T to the debt. It is the refusal to cut government spending that adds to the debt. If you have $1.5T less in revenue coming in, but spend at the same level as you would if the money was coming in, then that results in skyrocketing debt. You need to base your spending on how much revenue is incoming. Whatever comes in, then that's what you get to spend - not a dime more. That's called a balanced budget. And yes, Congress is NOT doing enough to reduce spending. Analogy: if you make $100k at your job, but then lose your job and find another one that only pays $80K - do you keep spending as though you still make $100K? If so, you're a fool. Smart people will curtail their spending to a level sustainable with their new income, like 20% less. You don't blame your debt problems on your drop in income, you blame it on your extravagant spending habits.