I addressed the fact that we have a spending problem and recognize the fact that 16 trillion isn't going to pay itself off. I get something iron clad that says they are serious about paying the debt off and I'll happily contribute more than I currently do. Because, you know, it isn't going to pay itself off.
No, it certainly won't. But no amount of your taxes is going to pay it off either. Historically, taxes don't create revenue. That's because they're not going into a capital investment. Thus there will actually be less money in the economy to actually pay the debt off.
Throw as much money at them as you like. The debt will only grow bigger despite your generous contribution--especially since politicians are the ones handling it. It's kinda like the fairy tales that teachers unions tell people when they say increased budgets for public schools will better the conditions; the budgets constantly increase, and yet the schools either stay the same or get worse. It's not necessarily because the money doesn't go into them, but rather that money was never the problem in the first place.
