National Debt Clock Runs Out of Digits
 

I wish this was an article from the Onion, but its not. :(

http://www.komonews.com/news/30662159.html

NEW YORK (AP) - In a sign of the times, the National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing figure.

As a short-term fix, the digital dollar sign on the billboard-style clock near Times Square has been switched to a figure - the "1" in $10 trillion. It's marking the federal government's current debt at about $10.2 trillion.

The Durst Organization says it plans to update the sign next year by adding two digits. That will make it capable of tracking debt up to a quadrillion dollars.

The late Manhattan real estate developer Seymour Durst put the sign up in 1989 to call attention to what was then a $2.7 trillion debt.
NEW YORK (AP) - In a sign of the times, the National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing figure.

As a short-term fix, the digital dollar sign on the billboard-style clock near Times Square has been switched to a figure - the "1" in $10 trillion. It's marking the federal government's current debt at about $10.2 trillion.

The Durst Organization says it plans to update the sign next year by adding two digits. That will make it capable of tracking debt up to a quadrillion dollars.

The late Manhattan real estate developer Seymour Durst put the sign up in 1989 to call attention to what was then a $2.7 trillion debt.

Simply wordless.....!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1223557668.jpg

But hey! Everything is fine! Freedom is on the march! Hope and change!

lol, they will add 2 digits
maybe they know something , you don't?

look at what inflation did for Zimbabwe

buy gold while yer dollars are still worth more then the paper it's printed on !! :D

The good thing about inflation is I'll be able to pay off my student loan with one week's paycheck! :)

What is going to happen when people realize that we are not good for the money? Seriously.

What happens when the debt service starts taking up 50% of our national budget?

It's like when you spend 120 K a year with an income of 100 K...You stop to spend...should have been done loooooong time ago.:rolleyes:

$1.014E13

there, that will buy us some time and head room.

it's just numbers..
not real..
just like our $
I now have a 16 cylinder Porsche...
Rika

Plus it's probably only meaningful to the people who care and looks much better to those who don't.