So our National Debt should really only be about half of what they say

Why?  Becuase about $5 Trillion of the $14.3 Trillion dollar debt, is owed to......drumroll please.......the United States government.  Yes, that's right, and no, I don't know how that works out, but that is the latest breakdown of the national debt I have been able to find.  So that should be fairly simple shouldn't it?  Let me ask you this.  Say you have $10,000 neatly tucked away in your savings account for a rainy day.  One day you happen to lose your job, and you need $5000 to cover expenses for the next few months, so you withdraw that amount from your savings account.  Now, would you view that as a debt you owe to yourself that needs to be repaid?  Of course not, it's money you had to begin with that you spent.  No wonder this country is so screwed, if we have to borrow money to pay debt to ourselves.  How about we just forgive ourselves that debt?  Sorry, we're not going to pay that $5 Trillion dollars, sorry me, I don't have the money to pay you back.  The government is retarded, and so are all of us that buy into their B.S.  A spade is a spade