Republican know that it is smoke and mirrors(they created the smoke and mirrors in order to get more votes) BUT their ignorant supporters have no idea this is done by design! They don't know or don't care that a big part of the debt are the 2 republican sponsored wars ,the lost of income taxes ,not being paid, due to high unemployment rate -cause by job exporting that was done with the blessings of the republican party . The lost of income taxes being paid along with the bush tax cuts for the filthy rich are the main causes for a large part of the national debt!
Some people in america hate the fact that this black guy is in the white house that they have chosen to ignore all of the sins of the republican party! The republican party want to profit from the bigotry of some americans and they don't care if it hurts everybody in america ,including their supporters!
Debts are necessary but not $16 trillion of debt. That is totally irresponsible.
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.