Google....The U.S. National Debt Clock...

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Just google...U.S. National Debt Clock...or...American Debt...


And you can get some very interesting numbers, sites, and articles on this most important American subject matter....

Worst of all, the American debt, which now seems to stand, based on the numbers I am seeing, at about 10 and half trillion dollars, is still skyrocketing upwards at a rate of almost 4 billion a day...That is rather scary stuff...and not an issue that either political party seemed to want to squarely address in this past election campaign. Somebody needs to address it, preferrably sooner than later.

This is an issue that past Conservative-Republican Politicians and Parties would not have tolerated for a minute without addressing head on...but noooooooooobody wants to seem to talk about it...Let's run the American economy into the ground on money that does not exist -- or at least does not have any meaning or substance behind it!!!

Wouldn't we all like a credit card with no limit that the bank says we don't ever have to pay back!!!! This is the way the American Government seems to want to run its economy. Deficit financing and deficit spending to the max!!!

Let our kids pay our debts...and their kids....and their kids...

Let's never pay it back...not take responsibility...our inheritance to our kids!!

Sorry son, but I just didn't feel like being accountable for this debt. Too unpleasant. Too much sacrifice involved in turning it around. You're younger than me...You take care of it...You've got your whole life to pay it off...It's something i just don't want to deal with at this point in my life...hope you still love me...Don't do like I did. Do what I say. Pay your debts!

Yes, dad. Sure.


I love you too.


-- dgb, Nov. 15th, 2008.


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U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK
The Outstanding Public Debt as of 15 Nov 2008 at 06:18:34 PM GMT is:



The estimated population of the United States is 305,099,743
so each citizen's share of this debt is $34,695.80.

The National Debt has continued to increase an average of
$3.81 billion per day since September 28, 2007!
Concerned? Then tell Congress and the White House!



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Do you have any questions about the National Debt or this Debt Clock?
Here are some answers. The Treasury Department's Bureau of Public Debt also has their own Public Debt FAQ.

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National Debt -- In the News

9 Oct 08 - Maxing out the National Debt Clock (US News & World Report)
9 Oct 08 - Sign of the times -- The clock has run out on the National Debt (Wall Street Journal/AP)
7 Oct 08 - U.S. Budget Deficit hits record $438 billion for year (USA Today/AP)
7 Oct 08 - Opinion: National Debt passes $10 trillion, no one notices (Huffington Post)
29 Sep 08 - Bush Administration adds $4 trillion to National Debt (CBS News)
25 Sep 08 - ABCs of the bailout: what it means for taxpayers (Tahlequah Daily Press (OK))
25 Sep 08 - Opinion: Bush legacy takes a turn (The Advocate -- WBRZ Louisiana)
24 Sep 08 - U.S. Debt could hit WWII levels (Toronto Star)
24 Sep 08 - U.S., examining a bailout, has boosted Debt before (Associated Press)
23 Sep 08 - Opinion: Our kids will pick up the check for our financial mess (Dallas Morning News)
9 Sep 08 - Deficit grows as rescue costs are added up (Financial Times (London))
4 Feb 08 - Bush proposes $3.1 trillion budget (Los Angeles Times)
27 Jan 08 - The State of the Union -- and its Debt (TheStreet.com)
13 Mar 07 - Wincing Dems are likely to raise the limit on Debt (The Hill)
16 Mar 06 - Congress sets new Federal Debt Limit: $9 trillion (National Public Radio)
16 Feb 06 - U.S. moves to miss hitting Debt Ceiling (MarketWatch)
7 Feb 06 - Bush's Budget sparks bipartisan protest (CBS News)
10 Jan 06 - Bush seeking to limit spending growth in '07 Budget (Bloomberg)
8 Jan 06 - U.S. hovers close to its Debt Ceiling -- Treasury boss says government business could be affected (San Francisco Chronicle)
27 Nov 05 - Deficit cracking GOP's solidarity -- party-line vote no longer assured (San Francisco Chronicle)
10 Apr 05 - Editorial: $7,782,816,546,352 in Debt (CBS News)
7 Apr 05 - Editorial: Bureau of Public Debt: Surrounded by IOUs (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
4 Apr 05 - Bush's agenda faces opposition from election-wary Republicans (Bloomberg.com)
21 Jan 05 - Does Social Security really face an $11 trillion Deficit? (FactCheck.org)
10 Jan 05 - Editorial: Deficit deception (St. Petersburg Times)
19 Nov 04 - Bush signs [$800 Billion] Debt-limit hike (CBS News)
18 Nov 04 - Senate votes to let US borrow up to $8.18 trillion (Boston Globe)
4 Nov 04 - Why Democrats should be thankful -- at least they won't have to clean up the Bush fiscal catastrophe (Slate -- MSNBC)
3 Nov 04 - Administration pressures Congress to raise Debt Ceiling (Boston Globe)
9 Jun 04 - Editorial: Reagan policies gave green light to red ink (Washinton Post)
2 Feb 04 - Bush sends $2.4 trillion budget (including record $521 billion Deficit) to Hill (CBS News)
4 Jan 04 - Bush's budget for 2005 seeks to rein in domestic costs (New York Times)
17 Dec 03 - Bush Deficit plan draws derision (CBS News)
15 Jun 03 - Aging population makes this Deficit scarier (USA Today)
14 Mar 03 - GOP senators oppose size of Bush tax cut (NY Times)
20 Feb 03 - U.S. Government hits national debt ceiling -- Treasury begins taking evasive actions (CNN)
29 Aug 01 - Congressional Budget Office: "Social Security funds needed to balance books" (CNN)
22 Feb 01 - Bush unveils 'fiscally responsible' budget--reduces Deficit, but not Debt (CNN)
27 Sep 00 - President Clinton Announces Another Record Budget Surplus (CNN)
7 Sep 00 - National Debt Clock Stops, Despite Trillions of Dollars of Red Ink (CNN)
1 May 00 - Clinton Announces Record Payment on National Debt (CNN)
4 Aug 99 - US to buy back National Debt, first time in 25 years (BBC)

Other sites concerned about the National Debt are:

The Concord Coalition - A nonpartisan, grass roots movement to eliminate the deficit and bring entitlements down to a level that's fair to all generations
Grandfather Economic Report on Federal Government Debt - Ever wonder to whom this massive Debt is owed? This massive site has the answer to this and other other questions.
WebActive - A weekly online magazine for progressive activists.


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Also, the U.S. Department of the Treasury provides daily, monthly, and yearly figures for the Debt--to the penny! These are the figures I use to calibrate this Debt Clock.

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This debt clock is maintained by Ed Hall (edhall@brillig.com). It was last calibrated using information obtained from the U.S. Department of the Treasury dated 13 November 2008. Population figures are derived from the U.S. Bureau of the Census' Population Clock.