It's Time to Shake Off
the Debt
Monkey

America's $36 Trillion national debt is a monkey on all of our backs — and we can eliminate it without raising a single tax.

by DW Sommerville

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A Nation in Fiscal Crisis

A monkey on someone's back — a metaphor for the national debt burden
🐒 The Perfect Metaphor

The National Debt & Budget Deficits Are Like a 🐒 Monkey on My Back 🤔

Every American — whether they know it or not — carries this burden. The national debt is not an abstract number on a spreadsheet. It is a real, living weight dragging down wages, opportunity, and the future for every citizen.

Just like a monkey on your back, it grows heavier every day you ignore it — adding trillions in interest that crowd out spending on education, infrastructure, and national security. The longer we wait, the harder it becomes to shake it off.

$36T+National Debt
$1T+Annual Interest
330M+Americans Burdened
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"Learned Helplessness"

There's a psychological term called "Learned Helplessness" — learning to be helpless and unable to correct, change, or improve upon a conditional situation. A fitting parallel is Plato's Allegory of the Cave from The Republic: WE the People are like the prisoners in that cave, unaware of our own reality. The reality is that we are suffering this condition — and most of us don't even know it.

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The National Debt: Economic Crack Cocaine

The national debt is a "toxic cancer upon our economic health" — an unfair burden upon future generations. Budget deficits are the financial, psychological, and amoral equivalent of getting and keeping our economy addicted to crystal meth or crack cocaine — laced with Fentanyl as applied to fiscal policy. A strong fiscal foundation creates sustainable growth, rising real wages, and upward mobility for all Americans.

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7 Stipulations for Financial Salvation

Crystal-clear information on how the US Federal Government can legally raise tax revenues without raising or increasing any taxes — entering the highway of fiscal rescue immediately.

Freedom from debt — no monkey on your back
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1A.) There's 🚫 NO 🐒 MONKEY on my back

1B.) It's (Symbolic)NOTHING, BUT 💸 GREEN 💚

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BOOM is PROSPERITY & it's also an acronym for:

BBRING OOVER OOUR 💸 MMONEY 💰🤑 👍🏿‼️
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Personal & Corporate Income Taxes

✓ Optimize Existing
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Capital Gains Tax

✓ Smart Revenue Path
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No Protectionism / Tariffs

For a long-term revenue policy

🚫 Excluded
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No VATs (Value Added Tax)

No national sales tax

🚫 Excluded
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No Increasing Federal User Fees

🚫 Excluded
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No Selling Off Federal USA Lands

DOGE selling vacant buildings excepted

🚫 Excluded
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This MUST Be 100% Voluntary

No mandates. No coercion. Pure economic incentive.

✓ Core Principle
RR – DD = P³
Revenue Raised · Deficit Decreased · Prosperity · Progress · Peace
Author DW Sommerville

DW Sommerville

I've served in the US Military for 26+ years. In the last 40+ years I've spent approximately 25% of that time outside of the USA, and I've lived in (or visited) 25+ countries on (6) six different continents.

I have a BA in Economics from SDSU in San Diego, CA ('98) and an A.A.S. in Administration of Justice from City College of San Francisco ('24). I plan to continue my International travels on a Worldwide trip in Fall/Winter '25.

"I'm DW Sommerville and I Approved This Message."

🎖️ US Military · 26+ Years 🎓 BA Economics · SDSU '98 🎓 A.A.S. Admin of Justice · CCSF '24 🌍 25+ Countries · 6 Continents

I'm DW Sommerville and I wrote the 📕 Book, "The Common Sense of a Balanced Budget Immediately." I actually started this when I was in 10th Grade — and I finished it by Election 🇺🇸 Day 🇺🇸 Nov. 1980 (the following November 1980). Along the way I've also articulated a few more Functions & Introduced Several New Concepts.

— DW Sommerville, Author

Here are some excerpts from my book which explain where we are & where we are going with regards to our current Financial situation — plus how to resolve it ASAP.

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Seven Stipulations Necessary

To EFFECTIVELY and EFFICIENTLY increase Revenues — Painlessly.

#3.) Crystal Clear Information on how The US Federal Gov't can legally raise tax revenues without 🚫 raising or increasing Any TAXES — entering the Highway of "Financial Salvation" IMMEDIATELY:

🚫 #1A.) NO Increasing of Personal Income TAXES
🚫 #1B.) NO INCREASING Corporate TAXES
🚫 #2.) NO INCREASING Capital Gains Tax
🚫 #3.) NO Protectionism / Tariffs (for a Long-Term Revenue Policy)
🚫 #4.) NO VATs — Value Added Tax / National Sales Tax
🚫 #5.) NO Increasing Federal User Fees
🚫 #6.) NO Selling Off of Federal USA Lands / Property (DOGE selling vacant buildings & unused assets excepted)
#7.) This MUST BE 100% VOLUNTARY.
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The $25 Lunch 🍽 or Dinner 🍽 Guarantee

#1.) This book comes with a 💸 $25 Guarantee Lunch or Dinner — provided to anyone who has a BETTER Proposal to raise more Tax Revenues Faster.

In case anyone thinks the Currency will be Monetarized (Inflation to Destroy the Currency) 👎🏿❓ I am backing up the 💸 $25 Dinner with 1 oz. of SILVER 👍🏿‼️

Inspiration for Action

#2.) Please don't forget the Quotations & 📸 Photos from Lord Maynard Keynes (The Godfather of Deficit Spending) & Admiral Grace Hopper — especially when their Quotations are Intersecting 👍🏿‼️

🎩 The Godfather of Deficit Spending

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.

— John Maynard Keynes
↕ Intersecting with Admiral Hopper 👇
⚓ Admiral · US Navy · Computer Pioneer

The most dangerous phrase in the language is: "We've always done it this way."

— Admiral Grace Hopper
↕ Intersecting with Lord Keynes 👆

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men should do nothing.

— Edmund Burke

The National Debt Clock 📸

#3.) A real-time reminder of the burden every American carries.

The National Debt Clock — real-time US national debt

Book Samples

A preview of the research, data, and strategies packed inside The Common Sense of a Balanced Budget Immediately.

Book sample page — economic analysis
Book sample page — revenue strategies
Book sample page — debt reduction roadmap
Book sample page — fiscal policy detail
Summary cards — 7 Stipulations at a glance
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