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70 Straight Days: Treasury Says Debt Stuck at Exactly $16,699,396,000,000.00
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| July 29, 2013 - 5:21 PM
| By Terence P. Jeffrey
Posted on 07/30/2013 11:11:12 AM PDT by topher
(CNSNews.com) - According to the Daily Treasury Statement for July 26, which the Treasury released this afternoon, the federal debt has been stuck at exactly $16,699,396,000,000.00 for 70 straight days.
That is approximately $25 million below the legal limit of $16,699,421,095,673.60 that Congress has imposed on the debt.
The portion of the federal debt subject to the legal limit set by Congress first hit $16,699,396,000,000.00 at the close of business on May 17. At the close of every business day since then, it has also been $16,699,396,000,000.00, according to the official accounting published by the Treasury Department.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: debt; debtclock; fraud; treasury; usdebt
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Somebody's cooking the books...
Throw those folks in jail...
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:11:12 AM PDT
by
topher
To: topher
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:11:48 AM PDT
by
llevrok
(The Constitution is not written in cursive)
To: topher
Gosh this means King Barry has finally gotten spending under control!
Long live King Barry!!
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:14:05 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: topher
We are in a grand re-make of the broadway musical The Producers. Also it’s laughable to accuse the Chinese of manipulating their currency when we seem to be masters of the craft.
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:15:24 AM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: topher
They obviously unplugged the national debt clock....to save electricity
5
posted on
07/30/2013 11:15:27 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(My tagline is on summer break..)
To: Admin Moderator
Added it
Front Page.
Maybe it should be added to HUMOR instead...
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:16:07 AM PDT
by
topher
(Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
To: topher
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:16:36 AM PDT
by
illiac
(If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
To: ken5050
Good idea - unplug the National Debt Clock to save electricity... I wonder how many millions Barry and Michelle's trips have cost taxpayers during this time...
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:17:47 AM PDT
by
topher
(Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
To: topher
No need to borrow money once you’ve figured out how the printing press works.
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:17:57 AM PDT
by
marron
To: topher
Might as well make it $0.
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:19:44 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: illiac
16.882 trillion. Sounds more like it.
To: llevrok; topher
Just an overflow error in the outdated hardware, no doubt because the sequestor prevented them from upgrading. They’re printing more money now so they can buy a bigger faster counting machine. /s
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:21:55 AM PDT
by
ken in texas
(The Obama Excuse: They never told me and I didn't ask.)
To: Paladin2
Perfect opportunity for a Repblican to come forward and say with 70 straight days of the debt clock not moving, it is time to reduce spending to get the debt down.
No one can say a word.
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:22:22 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(The reason we own guns is to protect ourselves from those wanting to take our guns from us.)
To: topher
According to the Daily Treasury Statement for July 26, which the Treasury released this afternoon, the federal debt has been stuck at exactly $16,699,396,000,000.00 for 70 straight days.Curiously, this happens to be the maximum number you can represent in a 64 bit signed integer variable.*
Therefore, it is merely a computer variable capacity problem, not that the number is stuck.
*The actual maximum of a 64 bit signed integer is 9,223,372,036,854,775,808.... but it was too good a joke to miss.
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:23:34 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
To: topher; Nachum; All
“I wonder how many millions Barry and Michelle’s trips have cost taxpayers during this time...”
Does anyone have a spreadsheet that has this information?
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:25:57 AM PDT
by
rhubarbk
To: topher
It’s all make believe anyway...
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:29:37 AM PDT
by
Kozak
("Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms, to arms.....")
To: Lazamataz
Why used a signed int? Are you suggesting this number could ever go negative? : )
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:30:34 AM PDT
by
shineon
To: topher
Lying rat b@stards just keep pushing.
The national debt is now so large that IF borrowing immediately stopped, it would take a TAX INCREASE per household, the size and duration of a MORTGAGE to pay off.
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:31:50 AM PDT
by
SENTINEL
(Kneel down to God. Stand up to tyrants. STICK TO YOUR GUNS !)
To: topher
They wouldn’t lie to us would they?
To: KSCITYBOY
Only on days that end in y.
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posted on
07/30/2013 11:34:23 AM PDT
by
sport
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