Debt Bomb is your guide to the United States' fiscal troubles.

The national debt and ongoing federal deficits are significant problems, but what could they mean for the American people? There have been calls to increase taxes on the wealthy in order to reduce some of these deficits, but these would not be enough to put America on a sustainable course.

Nassau Research designed Debt Bomb to help you understand how the United States’ fiscal problems could harm younger generations. Debt Bomb allows you to build a profile of a household and then projects how much more in taxes an average household with this profile would have to pay if Congress were to implement broad-based tax increases and forgo spending cuts in order to control rising deficits. These tax increases would involve raising rates for each tax bracket proportionally, except those for the Alternative Minimum Tax. Drawing on its economic expertise, Nassau Research created an extensive model of the tax code and household income profiles using large public data sources in order to produce these projections.

Debt Bomb offers you the chance to learn more about the origins of these debt problems and the way forward. You can also contact your elected representatives using the app’s directory.