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To: marginmike who wrote (67950)	1/30/2001 11:42:04 AM
From: stockamaniac	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 99985

<<Last I remember the debt was 4.6 trillion, that was several years back. I do not believe the Fed govt has paid much back>> I'd be very willing to believe that the WSJ article did not include the debt owed to the trust funds.

To: marginmike who wrote (67950)	1/30/2001 12:18:55 PM
From: KyrosL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

The latest government debt can be found here: publicdebt.treas.gov Current Held by the Government Owed to the Public Total 01/26/2001 2,369,372,499,843.13 3,371,063,344,354.87 5,740,435,844,198.00 So there is 3.4 trillion held by the public and 2.4 trillion held by the government, mostly in the SS trust fund. Of course, when we are talking about the debt problem in the US it's not this debt we mean. It's the trillions owed by individuals and companies. Kyros