U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK
The Outstanding Public Debt as of 24 Oct 2005 at 1:00 PM GMT is:
$ 8,007,251,109,555 (over $ 8 trillion)
The estimated population of the United States is 297,514,000 so each citizen's share of this debt is $26,914.
For the average family of 4 the share is $104,000.
The average family’s annual interest on national debt is $5,200.
The National Debt has continued to increase an average of $1.62 billion per day since September 30, 2004!
Additionally the U.S. annual trade deficit for 2004 was over $500, 000,000,000 ($500 billion)
The major factor in this is the growing U.S. imports of energy(oil, coal, natural gas) and the price increases for these.
This represents a massive outflow of capital from the U.S. economy,
making us collectively poorer, and according to the International Monetary Fund(IMF) threatening collapse of the world economy.
www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
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