DorobekInsider: A debt sign of the times
One of those sign of the times stories — pun only partially intentended…
The Associated Press reports this morning, which I found in the WJS.com’s Morning Briefing e-mail newsletter, that the debt clock has run out of numbers.
The National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing figure. As a short-term fix, the digital dollar sign on the billboard-style clock near Times Square has been switched to a figure — the “1” in $10 trillion. It’s marking the federal government’s current debt at about $10.2 trillion. The Durst Organization says it plans to update the sign next year by adding two digits. That will make it capable of tracking debt up to a quadrillion dollars.
They also have an online version of the debt clock here.
For those keeping track at home: $10,229,264,925.91
They estimate the U.S. population of 304,876,587, which means we each owe $33,553.79.
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