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US debt passes $14 trillion, Congress weighs caps
Associated Press ^ | January 15, 2011 | Tom Raum

Posted on 01/15/2011 8:42:37 AM PST by John W

WASHINGTON – The United States just passed a dubious milestone: Government debt surged to an all-time high, more than $14 trillion.

That means Congress soon will have to lift the legal debt limit to give the nearly maxed-out government an even higher credit limit or dramatically cut spending to stay within the current cap. Either way, a fight is ahead on Capitol Hill, inflamed by the passions of tea party activists and deficit hawks.

Today's debt level represents a $45,300 tab for each and everyone in the country.

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‘Hope and Change’ WE can no longer afford.


21 posted on 01/15/2011 10:38:30 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: John W

Dramatically cut spending nothing else.It’s time for congress to understand it’s time for leadership or go out of business,more debt is not living it’s slavery.


22 posted on 01/15/2011 10:43:44 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: Carley
We will have to raise the limit regardless. We take in about $2.4 trillion in total tax revenue from all sources. That is just enough to cover the entitlement programs and the debt servicing costs. The other $1.2 trillion must fund the rest of the government including DOD and it is borrowed.

Yes, we must cut spending, but it will not be enough to cover the operation of the government without raising taxes or the debt limit.

23 posted on 01/15/2011 10:44:43 AM PST by kabar
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To: Carley

Ditto to post 8:

DON’T RAISE THE LIMIT

CUT SPENDING


24 posted on 01/15/2011 10:48:13 AM PST by RicocheT
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To: Pride in the USA

See my post #23. Cutting spending will mean cutting the entitlement programs to be meaningful. Our total tax revenue covers only the entitlement costs and debt servicing costs. The rest of the government is funded by borrowed money.


25 posted on 01/15/2011 10:48:22 AM PST by kabar
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To: John W

This is a dirty little secret the MSM does not think matters. The fact that every man woman and child is only a few hundred of dollars away, from never being to even make the interest payments on the debt.

If every man woman and child were to send in every dime they earn of their gross (mind you) income, that amount taken in every year would not even be able to pay the interest on the debt. And the Fed keeps fabricating, adding zeros to the amount in the treasury fund, (Money that never existed) further increasing our debt and destroying the value of the Dollar even faster.

But nothing is even being mentioned about this from the MSM. What is important now is that we get behind the man who has created this unstoppable whirlpool in the first place, to help him make it happen even faster!

This is why they think that confiscating most of the wealth from the rich and the big Corporations will make up the difference. Which historically accelerates the problem instead. They are getting desperate and desperate Governments do desperate things to keep in power and control.


26 posted on 01/15/2011 10:53:15 AM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP ( Give me Liberty, or give me an M-24A2! (Cause I'm a nutcase....))
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To: Bullish; CJ Wolf; houeto; Quix; B4Ranch; Whenifhow; Silentgypsy; blam; FromLori; Lurker; ...
Well-at-least-we-solved-the-uh-uh-or-employed-the-um-um-well ping.

"Economic Holocaust" ping.

Increasing volume ping list watching the slow motion Economic Holocaust.

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Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

27 posted on 01/15/2011 11:11:30 AM PST by The Comedian (Sarah Palin: America's last, best hope.)
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We Could Be In Great Depression II – But We’re Not! (Everything Is Okay Now)
28 posted on 01/15/2011 11:30:30 AM PST by blam
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...will have to lift the legal debt limit ... or dramatically cut spending...
Yeah, good one. Thanks John W.


29 posted on 01/15/2011 1:29:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: bunkerhill7
US debt passes $14 trillion, China Annexes US

Lets see, there are 1 thousand billion in 1 trillion....

And people get excited about CA 27 billion debt?

Are they joking?

30 posted on 01/15/2011 1:33:04 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: John W
no worries, we'll just keep on printing

31 posted on 01/15/2011 2:21:35 PM PST by alexbg
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To: The Comedian

Bad Real Estate News Ignored to Spin Bright Future

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32 posted on 01/15/2011 2:28:42 PM PST by FromLori (FromLori">)
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To: vmpolesov

Political will? I guess you were not paying attention this week. Anyone who tries to stand up for what is right gets destroyed by the news and TV media - see Palin.

People here will say “oh but I like Prince Al Waleed’s Fox News - they are our guys.” Yeah right. O’Reilly’s friend Glenn Beck loved Obama’s funeral pep rally beer hall rant complete Mussolini-like posing plus t-shirts and brochures plus bused in thugs.

The American public is brainwashed by TV and the dems/elites/saudis control it so they are in control. They can easily fool, lie, confuse and manipulate the public.

Maybe Beck stated as a conservative but after the Islamic death threats at CNN - his new boss Prince Al Waleed at Fox told him to toe the line or else.

They are all entertainers. Maybe Rush, Levin and maybe Savage are the real deal. Matt Drudge too. Rush wanted nothing to do with TV and Drudge and Savage got thrown off. Matt cause he is anti-abortion and Savage mentioned the gay mafia.

How will this be fixed - inflation like Zimbabwe. The US will eventually go broke like Argentina, Zimbabwe and other countries.


33 posted on 01/15/2011 2:37:13 PM PST by Frantzie (Slaves do not have freedom only the illusion of freedom & their cable TV to drool at)
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To: Frantzie

So then, would it be wise you convert my US Dollars to Zimbabwe Dollars, wait for the uber-inflation to hit, and once things settle convert my Zimbabwe Dollars to US Dollars?


34 posted on 01/15/2011 3:38:31 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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