Our national debt currently stands at $40 trillion (that’s trillion with a “T”) and rising. We are at war with an intractable enemy that we were assured would last four to five weeks. It has been six months and the enemy is as intractable as ever. If it isn’t 95 degrees outside, it’s raining. There are too many irritating commercials on TV. My knees hurt. My smartwatch is smarter than I am. So, wh…