Here’s an interesting perspective on Obama’s work on the US national debt.
The total public debt outstanding is $16,738,105,803,858.21. A dollar bill is .0043 inches in thickness. $16,738,105,803,858.21 multiplied by .0043 equals 71,973,854,956.59 inches. 71,973,854,956.59 divided by 12 is 5,997,821,246.38 feet. A mile is 5,280 feet in length.
Thus, the national debt would stretch 1,135,951 miles into the air. It would circle the Earth 45 times. It would also stretch nearly five times the distance of the Moon from the Earth (238,855 miles).
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6 responses to “Obama’s US Debt- dollars bills stacked 5 times as high as the moon”
Isn’t it incredible. The US really is fucked beyond belief. Then Obama will cut $US5b from some government program no one has ever heard of, and praise himself for his fiscal restraint.
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As I understand it, it is now 100% of GDP. And you will notice the rhetoric politicians from individual countries use now is this: ‘Our debt is good compared to X country’s debt’ and everyone feels better.
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Yeah, the thing is that the tipping point is reached so long before the action it causes. As it takes so long to turn an ocean liner around, so it is almost impossible to revert from a difficult debt position.
Detroit only went bankrupt this week, but the events that brought that about were happening two or three decades ago.
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And, Red, they are now talking about a bailout, except the terminology has changed to ‘assistance.’
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The US is truly fucked beyond belief….even the socially and fiscally conservative politicians are part of the problem in that they will not (it is unlikely that they cannot) restrain this runaway ‘government’.
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Yeah on the Conservative politicians- see my latest post. ($500 million to Hamas) If Obama can get away with this kind of betrayal he can get away with anything.
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