Well, strictly it does. US debt is financed predominantly in 30 year treasury notes. So... 30 years. It comes due incrementally over 30 years. All we need t

Well, strictly it does. US debt is financed predominantly in 30 year treasury notes. So... 30 years. It comes due incrementally over 30 years. All we need to do is pay the bill, and in 30 years it's paid off, just like a mortgage. What's hilarious is that all these arguments have been made repeatedly, in the same form, and by members of both parties, for far longer than 30 years. And it's been wrong, repeatedly, every time. All the shrieking about the unsustainable Regan spending in the 80's? Meaningless. That's been paid off for decades now.