US debt ceiling raised: Reagan - 17 times Bush Sr. - 4 times Clinton - 4 times Bush Jr. - 7 times Obama - 3 times.
Presidents don't raise or lower the debt ceiling congress does and it has been the democrat congress which has set the record for doing so, I am sorry if the facts do not support your premise but they stand firm.
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.