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America So In Debt -- Debt Clock Can't Fit It
October 09, 2008 1:51 PM
You know the "Debt Clock" in Time Square in NYC? It keeps a running tally of how much the nation owes...and how much that breaks down to each of us. Well, the amount of debt owed keeps going up and up and recently the clock had to add another digit. Only problem, there were no spaces left for an additional digit. Uh oh.
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Thank you for this enlightening story. I hink I will go slit my credit cards!!!!!LOL Sometime all you can do is laugh guys.
Posted by: Jenny Rome Ga | Oct 9, 2008 2:03:03 PM
Supply-side economics at work courtesy of the GOP.
Posted by: huh? | Oct 9, 2008 2:03:41 PM
How much bigger would the debt get if we follow McCain's plan to buy mortgages at their "face" value instead of their "real" value? McCain, what a loon.
Posted by: JR | Oct 9, 2008 2:04:06 PM
Just compare this...
With the Dems( namely Clinton) we had dropped our national debt signifigantly.
Enough said.
Posted by: formerhillary | Oct 9, 2008 2:08:17 PM
sounds like the government has a problem
Hmmmmmmmmm I wonder if their going to
try and blame the average American for
their crap..................
Posted by: Joey | Oct 9, 2008 2:13:42 PM
The actual amount is just North of 53 trillion dollars, which is all of the debt this country has including future SS claims, etc.
Where is this money?
Where does it come from?
If I paid "My share of the National Debt" would I have to kick in more every year?
Individuals are not allowed to go so deep into debt because of the impossibility of paying the debt down once it reaches a certain level, a level the country passed a while back.
Posted by: Darrell | Oct 9, 2008 2:25:03 PM
The actual amount is just North of 53 trillion dollars, which is all of the debt this country has including future SS claims, etc.
Where is this money?
Where does it come from?
If I paid "My share of the National Debt" would I have to kick in more every year?
Individuals are not allowed to go so deep into debt because of the impossibility of paying the debt down once it reaches a certain level, a level the country passed a while back.
Posted by: Darrell | Oct 9, 2008 2:30:54 PM
Gosh, I always thought it was Times Square. And the debt clock isn't in Times Square, it may be near it, but it's definitely not "in" it.
Posted by: Steve Gordon | Oct 10, 2008 1:47:40 AM
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