National Debt
Re “The Big Risk of Tinkering With Success,” Opinion, Aug. 15: Roger Altman is right. Right now, when the economy is about as good as it gets, paying down our multitrillion-dollar national debt is far more important than cutting taxes. Every dollar of debt we pay off today means lower interest payments forever. Conservatives should love the idea of using any future surpluses to pay down the national debt: It’s a simple way to cut government spending permanently.
GARETT JONES
La Jolla
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