Quote Originally Posted by SRO
In January 2001, the national debt was roughly $6 TRILLION. Next spring, it is expected to top $9 TRILLION. Your share went from $20,000 to what will be $30,000. I make a decent salary, and with the tax cuts I bring home about $24 a year additional. With the tax cuts that Republicans like to crow about I can cover $120 of my additional $10,000.
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I guess you could say your share will really be $30,120.

By the way, whose picking up that debt? Isn't a lot of it being financed by the PRC, (People's Republic of China)? Suppose they can that debt? Talk about strategic interests!!!