There is no "crushing dept" It is all fantasy make-believe money.
Hate to harp on it, but when I was young in the '60's, communites, life, and upkeep was 5X what it is today. It's like we are turning into a 3rd world country before our eyes. From keeping highways mowed, to ditches cleaned, to upkeep of government buildings, etc......
Runaway inflation, fueled by massive deficit spending is the culprit, and our government has failed us miserably. Sadly, when we had a chance to fix this a few decades ago, we took the massive entiitlement route instead. Now those slugs are in the majority.