Federal Debt Just Exceeded $19 Trillion: $58,000 for Each Person in U.S.

Cybercast News Service ^ | February 3, 2016 | 10:18 AM EST | Romina Boccia

[Vendome]

I owe $58,000 more in debt? Whatever...

[posterchild]

There are a lot of people in the country who will never have to pay any of it. How much debt is there per Tax Paying US Citizen?

[dp0622]

Didn’t the Donald once suggest a one time tax on the wealthiest?

i dont know if that would even make a dent anymore.

i know it’s a very small fraction, but the fact that the US debt can be measured in Fractions of a Quadrillion is Insanity.

where are we at? 1/50th?

[dp0622]

that’s more than 100 percent of GDP right?

i think japan is at 200 percent.

[Slyfox]

The only way to think of the $58,000 per person is to think of it as a credit card the gubinment has taken out in our name - we get the bill and they are spending it on whatever they want.

That smacks of identity theft.

[Darteaus94025]

And I’m pretty sure that homeless guy at the stop sign isn’t going to pay $58 (and counting), so someone here is going to have to pick up his share.

C’mon...step up...who’s first?

[Iron Munro]

[The Iceman Cometh]

I’ve got the $58,000 over here in my lockbox. Here, let me go check it out...oh, wait...I spent it on something else. It’s the government way, yo!

[Objective Scrutator]

Thanks, geniuses who thought money should be printed instead of a finite resource.

[Delta 21]

Im not a giver any more Im a taker so one of you other suckers is gonna have to pay my way.

[DaveA37]

Let Congress and odumbo pay that debt, they created it.

[albertabound]

for some perspective....the average canucklehead owes C$17,300.00,

[DannyTN]

If you can get the economy going, we can bring that number down. 50% of working age Americans are not working. Cruz doesn’t get it. Trump does.

[Jewbacca]

Can I pay now and be exempted from all taxes used to pay interest?

[Kozak]

Just the tip of the iceberg if you figure in all unfunded liabilities.

[A CA Guy]

We pay that already.

[TexasFreeper2009]

When Bush left office the national debt was 10.7 trillion.

[Olog-hai]

And Obama called that “unpatriotic”. Until he got his chance to outdo Bush in that respect.

[SamAdams76]

I’m good for my part. Let’s all pony up and get this paid off.