Thread: U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK

U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK
The Outstanding Public Debt as of 15 Nov 2008 at 02:24:33 AM GMT is:

in the 5 minutes since my last post of this the numbers are just running off the chart. I cant even keep up with it

Well, I think I can contribute that 37 cents!

National Debt -- In the News

9 Oct 08 - Maxing out the National Debt Clock (US News & World Report)
9 Oct 08 - Sign of the times -- The clock has run out on the National Debt (Wall Street Journal/AP)
7 Oct 08 - U.S. Budget Deficit hits record $438 billion for year (USA Today/AP)
7 Oct 08 - Opinion: National Debt passes $10 trillion, no one notices (Huffington Post)
29 Sep 08 - Bush Administration adds $4 trillion to National Debt (CBS News)
25 Sep 08 - ABCs of the bailout: what it means for taxpayers (Tahlequah Daily Press (OK))
25 Sep 08 - Opinion: Bush legacy takes a turn (The Advocate -- WBRZ Louisiana)
24 Sep 08 - U.S. Debt could hit WWII levels (Toronto Star)
24 Sep 08 - U.S., examining a bailout, has boosted Debt before (Associated Press)
23 Sep 08 - Opinion: Our kids will pick up the check for our financial mess (Dallas Morning News)
9 Sep 08 - Deficit grows as rescue costs are added up (Financial Times (London))
4 Feb 08 - Bush proposes $3.1 trillion budget (Los Angeles Times)
27 Jan 08 - The State of the Union -- and its Debt (TheStreet.com)
13 Mar 07 - Wincing Dems are likely to raise the limit on Debt (The Hill)
16 Mar 06 - Congress sets new Federal Debt Limit: $9 trillion (National Public Radio)
16 Feb 06 - U.S. moves to miss hitting Debt Ceiling (MarketWatch)
7 Feb 06 - Bush's Budget sparks bipartisan protest (CBS News)
10 Jan 06 - Bush seeking to limit spending growth in '07 Budget (Bloomberg)
8 Jan 06 - U.S. hovers close to its Debt Ceiling -- Treasury boss says government business could be affected (San Francisco Chronicle)
27 Nov 05 - Deficit cracking GOP's solidarity -- party-line vote no longer assured (San Francisco Chronicle)
10 Apr 05 - Editorial: $7,782,816,546,352 in Debt (CBS News)
7 Apr 05 - Editorial: Bureau of Public Debt: Surrounded by IOUs (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
4 Apr 05 - Bush's agenda faces opposition from election-wary Republicans (Bloomberg.com)
21 Jan 05 - Does Social Security really face an $11 trillion Deficit? (FactCheck.org)
10 Jan 05 - Editorial: Deficit deception (St. Petersburg Times)
19 Nov 04 - Bush signs [$800 Billion] Debt-limit hike (CBS News)
18 Nov 04 - Senate votes to let US borrow up to $8.18 trillion (Boston Globe)
4 Nov 04 - Why Democrats should be thankful -- at least they won't have to clean up the Bush fiscal catastrophe (Slate -- MSNBC)
3 Nov 04 - Administration pressures Congress to raise Debt Ceiling (Boston Globe)
9 Jun 04 - Editorial: Reagan policies gave green light to red ink (Washinton Post)
2 Feb 04 - Bush sends $2.4 trillion budget (including record $521 billion Deficit) to Hill (CBS News)
4 Jan 04 - Bush's budget for 2005 seeks to rein in domestic costs (New York Times)
17 Dec 03 - Bush Deficit plan draws derision (CBS News)
15 Jun 03 - Aging population makes this Deficit scarier (USA Today)
14 Mar 03 - GOP senators oppose size of Bush tax cut (NY Times)
20 Feb 03 - U.S. Government hits national debt ceiling -- Treasury begins taking evasive actions (CNN)
29 Aug 01 - Congressional Budget Office: "Social Security funds needed to balance books" (CNN)
22 Feb 01 - Bush unveils 'fiscally responsible' budget--reduces Deficit, but not Debt (CNN)
27 Sep 00 - President Clinton Announces Another Record Budget Surplus (CNN)
7 Sep 00 - National Debt Clock Stops, Despite Trillions of Dollars of Red Ink (CNN)
1 May 00 - Clinton Announces Record Payment on National Debt (CNN)
4 Aug 99 - US to buy back National Debt, first time in 25 years (BBC)