You are correct . The debt ceiling only means they cannot borrow more . Just like the limit on your credit card .
It does NOT mean default .
Between the public and the Government, our combined debt is 72 trillion dollars. I hope people aren't naive enough to think we haven't defaulted several times over already.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.