The U.S. National Debt Clock

Liability per citizen

$350,788

Thats' more than my houses & all our cars.

Can I get a loan?
 
This is a better site:
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np

You get to see how the debt grew over the years by doing a search for specific dates.
Feb 1, 1993 - Jan 31, 2001:
from $ 4,176,491,860,224.29 to $ 5,740,291,126,546.45
an overall gain of $ 1,563,799,266,322.16 after these 8 years have passed.

You can actually see it go down over time and then slide back up if you view it as a daily trend. It's fascinating.

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Feb 1, 2001 - January 31, 2009:
from $ 5,703,346,472,448.65 to $ 10,632,005,246,736.97
an overall gain of $ 4,928,658,774,288.32

January 20, 2009 - today:
from $ 10,632,005,246,736.97 to $ 12,880,364,008,405.96
an overall gain of $ 2,248,358,761,668.99
 
valkyrie said:
Feb 1, 1993 - Jan 31, 2001:
from $ 4,176,491,860,224.29 to $ 5,740,291,126,546.45
an overall gain of $ 1,563,799,266,322.16 after these 8 years have passed.
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Should we mention those are mostly the years of the Contract with America

while these
12/30/2005 8,170,424,541,313.62
04/27/2010 12,886,315,749,582.96
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are the Democrat return to power?
 
what's really funny is when y'all try to blame democrats alone for outrageous debt. both parties are quite gifted at debt spending. bush set a new record for debt as a percentage of GDP. or was that reagan? either way, both of 'em topped the charts.
 
The U.S. devalues its currency.

You are absolutely right and at a certain point
I suppose it really doesn’t matter anymore.
 
U.S. National Debt spinning wildly out of control

Where do I sign up for my Obammie dollars?
 
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