The America of today would not be recognizable by our founding fathers. The vision that
they had for our great nation has long been abandoned. The main reason why we have fallen
from grace is because the United States of America does not follow the principles that are found
within the Bible. A prime example of turning a deaf ear to God is our national debt, which has
ballooned to a staggering $17 trillion. If our great nation would only look towards God’s Word, it
would prosper and be free of debt. “Legislators today routinely run deficits which future
generations will have to pay. Is it just or biblical to obligate a generation of people to debt who
were not responsible for incurring that debt?” (Lecture Notes)
On October 17, 2013 the National Debt increased by more than $300 billion when the
federal government borrowed money to replenish the federal funds referred to as extraordinary
measures. These funds had been borrowed over the period of five months, so that the national
debt ceiling was not reached. This excess in borrowing became plausible when Congress and
