Indebted U.S. Ponders Maggots, Robbery
Yes, and that's just personal debt. According to the debt clock:
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The Outstanding Public Debt as of 19 Jul 2004 at 11:07:42 AM GMT is:
$ 7 , 2 7 8 , 2 1 1 , 0 3 2 , 6 7 3 . 7 3
The estimated population of the United States is 293,773,431
so each citizen's share of this debt is $24,774.91.
The National Debt has continued to increase an average of
$1.69 billion per day since September 30, 2003.
**On March 9, 2004, the figure stood at $ 7 , 1 1 0 , 3 3 1 , 1 1 1 , 7 6 2 . 8 2
The estimated population of the United States was at 293,495,096
and each citizen's share of this debt was $24,226.41.
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In other words:
In just a little over 4 months, the national debt has increased by $167,879,920,910.91.
In just a little over 4 months, the population of the U.S. has increased by approx. 378,435 people.
In just a little over 4 months, each man, woman and child's share of the debt has increased by $548.50. |
