Are there any alternatives to raising the debt ceiling? Or is that....?

none - they did a study of - the debt of america - and they determined that if every working person in the whole united states put 100 precent of their paychecks toward paying off our national debt - it still wouldnt be enough to pay off even at this rate 10 years - of everyone pitching in 100 percent of their paychecks - this study was done on 3abn - 7 day adventist church channel - and they even showed how the percentage of the intrest we owe works - every second of everyday counter - no matter what the government claims nothing is stustainable - just broken promises and brainwashing the public - into thinking everything is ok -