The national debt is over 7 Trillion dollars and will reach 8 Trillion by about Thanksgiving.
That is $8 million TIMES 1 million dollars.
More importantly, the rate at which the government spending exceeds
income is increasing too.
Here's a handy link to the Debt Clock (a private site, not the government).
Unfortunately it keeps going up. It showed $7.93 Trillion on September 23rd.
Also see the interesting article, charts and links at U.S. National Debt Clock FAQ
The following is a sample of the charts available there. (We added recent presidents' terms
to see how they fared.)
Excerpt from site.
See www.brillig.com/debt_clock/faq.html
for current data.
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For additional data visit The United States Department of the Treasury web site.