host: any thoughts, danny vinik? guest: the debt is fairly high right now. the deficit year-to-year amount we have spending greater than revenue has been falling considerably in the last few years. in some sense there has been a lot of movement to reduce the deficit. at the same time i think it's worth looking at interest rates which is how much the government has to pay for funding that goes beyond how much revenue it is taking in. interest rates are extraordinarily low. there isn't much cost. future itis in the could rise. at the moment it's hard to look at current interest rates and consider them particularly dangerous. roger in kentucky. independent caller. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to commend the young man for some wonderful reporting. his generations of reporters to get this straightened out. because most of the reporters that have been around on the big outlets don't talk about this. so i hope you young man and your generation are the only hope to let people know what's going on. i'm an independent. i don't think there's a democ