1. No self-respecting corporation actually pays that rate. It's very easy to get out of it.
2. $16 trillion IN debt is very different from the actual situation, which is to say that the US has a $18 trillion debt, with an $18 trillion GDP. Looks a little different when you say it that way.
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.