The issue focused on the United States' large and growing national debt, and the interest it is required to pay. The United States is the only country in the world that is required to pay interest on its national debt, and the interest on the national debt is not even one-tenth of the interest on the entire world's national debt. The interest on the United States' national debt is so high that the government is going to have to cut back on some of the things that it has been doing. The