 So one of the things that neither of these guys likes to talk about is that in the next couple of years, whoever's going to be president is probably going to be president at a time when we have more debt in this country than we have ever had in its history. The peak of debt was back right after World War II in 1946, when it hit 106% of gross domestic product. It's going to beat that number by 2027, according to the Congressional Budget Office, which is a nonpartisan forecaster that helps Congress.