What is this?

We're building a coalition of 50 Million Americans to demand Congress do what it's avoided for decades: put a real plan on the table to fix the debt and vote on it.

U.S. National Debt
$38,000,000,000,000
and counting.
Total Federal Obligations
$124 trillion
Including unfunded Social Security and Medicare commitments over the next 75 years.
Debt estimate based on current rate of increase. Obligations per FY2024 U.S. Financial Report.

Who Are You?

  • The Inheritors

    JUST GETTING STARTED

    Students, new grads, early career, building credit, first homes

    You'll spend your entire working life paying for decisions you had no part in.

    The math is already working against you.

    This is me →

  • The Providers

    IN THE THICK OF IT

    Raising kids, paying mortgages, caring for parents, peak earning years

    You're paying into systems that may not exist when you need them. Then your children will inherit the problem.

    This is me →

  • The Elders

    PAID YOUR DUES

    Approaching or in retirement, drawing on what you put in

    You paid in for decades. Now the programs you earned are being used as a line of credit. That wasn't the deal.

    This is me →

  • The Vanguard

    AMBASSADORS, FUNDERS, AND POLICY LEADERS

    Ambassadors - Connected individuals who can get this in front of the right people

    Funders - Those willing to invest in the campaign

    Policy Leaders - Government officials and staff ready to act

    You understand the math. You have the means to move this. The question is whether you will.

    See the strategy →

Why does this matter?

The debt increases at roughly 

$100,000 per second 

$8.5 billion/day

$1 trillion every hundred days

This debt will be paid. There's no scenario where it disappears. The only question is how, and by whom.

How does this affect you?

  • The Inheritors

    Students, new grads, early career, building credit, first homes

    This is me →

  • The Providers

    Raising kids, paying mortgages, caring for parents, peak earning years

    This is me →

  • The Elders

    Approaching or in retirement, drawing on what you put in

    This is me →

  • The Vanguard

    AMBASSADORS, FUNDERS, AND POLICY LEADERS

    Ambassadors - Connected individuals who can get this in front of the right people

    Funders - Those willing to invest in the campaign

    Policy Leaders - Government officials and staff ready to act

    See the strategy →

  • Without Action

    Inflation quietly erodes your savings

    Social Security and Medicare get cut when their trust funds run dry

    Interest payments crowd out roads, schools, and defense

    An economic crisis forces sudden, painful austerity

  • With a Plan

    Gradual, predictable adjustments instead of sudden shocks

    Burden shared across generations, not dumped on one

    Core programs protected through sustainable reforms

    Time to adapt rather than react

Why hasn't this been fixed?

Politicians have known about this for decades. They've done nothing because there's no consequence for ignoring it. The crisis is always tomorrow. Tomorrow never comes.

We're not saying "join us and you won't have to pay."

We're saying "join us so we fix this on our terms, not in a crisis."

Ready to learn more?

  • The Inheritors

    Students, new grads, early career, building credit, first homes

    This is me →

  • The Providers

    Raising kids, paying mortgages, caring for parents, peak earning years

    This is me →

  • The Elders

    Approaching or in retirement, drawing on what you put in

    This is me →

  • The Vanguard

    AMBASSADORS, FUNDERS, AND POLICY LEADERS

    Ambassadors - Connected individuals who can get this in front of the right people

    Funders - Those willing to invest in the campaign

    Policy Leaders - Government officials and staff ready to act

    See the strategy →

2010 - $13.5 trillion

2015 - $18.1 trillion

2020 - $27.7 trillion

2025 - $36.2 trillion

Seriously, time to fix this.

What $38 Trillion Looks Like

What $38 trillion looks like.

Numbers so large they lose meaning. Let's fix that.

In time
1 million seconds = 12 days
1 billion seconds = 32 years.
1 trillion seconds = 31,688 years.
38 trillion seconds ago?
1.2 million years before humans existed.
Spending it down
$1 million per day
At $1 million per day, it would take:
104,109 years
That's longer than modern humans have existed.
In $100 bills
380 billion bills
Stacked, that's 25,800 miles high.
Earth to the Moon 238,855 mi
$38T in $100 bills 25,800 mi
About 11% of the way to the moon — in hundred dollar bills.
Per household
$291,000
The median U.S. home price is $417,000.
Your household's share of the debt is 70% of a house.
Median home price $417K
Your household's debt share $291K
Interest payments
$1.1 trillion / year
That's just the interest. Not paying down the debt — just servicing it.
What $1.1 trillion could fund instead:
Department of Education budget $90B
NASA budget $25B
Interest on the debt $1.1T
We spend 12x NASA's budget just paying interest.
— The bottom line —
Your share
$115,152
Per person. Right now. Before you earned any of it.
And it grows every second.
Calculations based on $38 trillion national debt, 330 million population, 130.5 million households. Interest payment figures from Congressional Budget Office. NASA and Education budgets from FY2024.

Ready to learn more?

  • The Inheritors

    Students, new grads, early career, building credit, first homes

    This is me →

  • The Providers

    Raising kids, paying mortgages, caring for parents, peak earning years

    This is me →

  • The Elders

    Approaching or in retirement, drawing on what you put in

    This is me →

  • The Vanguard

    AMBASSADORS, FUNDERS, AND POLICY LEADERS

    Ambassadors - Connected individuals who can get this in front of the right people

    Funders - Those willing to invest in the campaign

    Policy Leaders - Government officials and staff ready to act

    See the strategy →