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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. |
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10-08-2008, 08:40 PM
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Simply wordless.....!
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10-09-2008, 02:31 AM
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Dog-faced pony soldier
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 But hey! Everything is fine! Freedom is on the march! Hope and change!
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10-09-2008, 05:08 AM
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Gon fix it with me hammer
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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 !! 
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10-09-2008, 05:57 AM
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The good thing about inflation is I'll be able to pay off my student loan with one week's paycheck!
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10-09-2008, 06:02 AM
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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? |
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10-09-2008, 07:41 AM
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10-09-2008, 07:46 AM
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$1.014E13
there, that will buy us some time and head room.
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10-09-2008, 07:56 AM
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it's just numbers..
not real.. just like our $ I now have a 16 cylinder Porsche... Rika |
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10-09-2008, 08:04 AM
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Un Chien Andalusia
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10-09-2008, 08:05 AM
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Porsche 914
Porsche 911 Carrera
THE ROADSTER
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