U.S. National Debt Clock

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$11,797,992,951,521.79

$11,797,997,508,049.23

$11,798,001,472,228.11

$11,798,004,069,448.75

It just keeps growing.

And that was just by re-opening the link in the OP within minutes of one another. Think of the interest.

Isn't there any US representative who could speak out about this in such a way as to put enough fear into the hearts of the US population as to make debt repayments a national priority?

That probably IS the interest compounding.

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Give me a break. I was up late last night and had to wake up early this morning, so my brain wasn't at its sharpest this morning. My apologies. Yes, you're right. That's likely the interest compunding... I hope.

No discussion in OP. Cut and paste. Thread closed.