Confused !

I am so far out of touch with reality-- They keep talking about raising the debt limit--We pay over a thousand million ( 400 Billion a year) dollars a day in INTEREST on borrowed funds now-- I think we need to reduce the debt limit to ZERO --& the sooner the better --They also claim 1 day social security is good till 2016 & then this week claim they may not have funds August 3rd- NO I DON'T UNDERSTAND- Who can explain the logic ?