[billflax]

The economics of this massive debt are the least of our worries.

[SpaceBar]

The numbers are so staggeringly large it’s beyond comprehension. And it was all stolen. Look around at the decay. Filthy crime ridden cities, crappy roads, all overseen by an army of very well compensated employees of the King. America has been fleeced.

[TomGuy]

I remember when the political talk went from $millions to $billions.

Peoples' eyes would glass over. They could hardly comprehend million, so billion was even less comprehendible.

Trillion? Meaningless. Even the pictures of stacks of money are incomprehensible. Besides, it is more like Monopoly play money anyway.

[freedommom]

somethings fishy about the debt clock

ran 15,999,755,000,000 at 4pm

now 15,999,842,000,ooo at 6pm

difference of 87,000,000 for 2 hours

the clock usually goes about 4 billion a day
or 333,333,333 every 2 hours

so the clock is definitely running slower.....

[MeganC]

It’s not $16 trillion, it’s THIRTY TWO TRILLION!!!

You have to include the $16 trillion the Federal Reserve gave away all on their own authority.

http://www.ktradionetwork.com/news-stories-2/audit-of-the-federal-reserve-reveals-16-trillion-in-secret-bailouts/

[familyop]

Great piece. You even mentioned fatherlessness.

It would be interesting to see work by an author courageous enough to write more about the causes of fatherlessness (back to the 1800s) or the many laws passed more recently by both political parties to enforce fatherlessness.

It would also be good to see an article addressing manufacturing and globalism. Anyway, I’m sure that we, as a nation, be in a situation conducive to being more honest before long, and I (a mean, old man) welcome the remainder of the process.

[justa-hairyape]

Proper name for it now is debasement of currency.