Imagine a person carrying a large, heavy sack labeled "National Debt." The sack is overflowing with smaller sacks, each labeled "National Deficit (Year 1)", "National Deficit (Year 2)", etc. Each year's deficit sack is slightly smaller than the previous one, but the overall size of the "National Debt" sack keeps growing. This visual represents how the national deficit (the yearly shortfall in government revenue) adds to the national debt (the total accumulation of past deficits). You can add See more