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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:

$4,572,715,640,119.20
The 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...)
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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 (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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