To: Diana in Wisconsin
You'll find all sorts of scarey data here at the US National Debt Clock page:
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
That is not the correct number to look at because it includes
government debt to itself, mainly the bogus Social Security "trust fund".
The useful number to look at is the debt to legitimate bond holders:
$4,572,715,640,119.20The Debt to the Penny and Who Holds It
49 posted on
04/02/2005 6:52:20 AM PST by
UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
(Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth...)
To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
Ah, well. A trillion here, a trillion there and pretty soon you're talkin' about some real money! ;)
57 posted on
04/02/2005 9:06:16 AM PST by
Diana in Wisconsin
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