$1 trillion program to rebuild america in addition to higher spending with the military and security. here now to analyze, foster business network star lou dobbs. so, how does the debt affect the regular folks? the working americans? this massive debt, $20 trillion, this is part of the burden that future generations will have to pay for. it also adds to the inflation rate more dollars, chasing fewer goods, the classic economic paradigm. the reality is, this debt overhangs everything we do. the president correctly focused on it during the campaign. bill: but he s not going to bring the debt down, and his first term. it is going to go up because he wants to do a lot of things. but i think it is a ponzi scheme. the usa is running a ponzi scheme. because they run up the dead, it is never going to be paid back. $20 trillion is never going to be paid back. what they do pay is the interest on the debt.