Albeit uncomfortable, imagine you’ve suffered a terrible accident — one that leaves your life hanging by a thread. You’re rushed to the ER, where doctors follow the ABCs of trauma care: airway, breathing, and circulation.

The airway comes first. If it’s blocked, you can’t breathe — game over. Only once it’s clear can doctors move on to breathing and circulation. That’s a simple description of a complex protocol, but it helps crystalize the problem that only a few members of Congress — and, sadly, too few citizens — seem to understand or care about.

America’s airway is obstructed. Yet Washington acts as if everything else matters more.

That obstruction has a name: debt.

This week, the national debt hit another all-time high — $38 trillion. In just two months, from August to October, the

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