The year America entered Red Spending: 1790
The National Debt equivalent to every American: over $38,000
National Debt rate of increase: $3.92 billion per day
Money paid in debt interest last year: $452 billion
Estimated National Debt by 2014: $18 trillion
-Matt
Sources:
Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/03/growing-national-debt-economic-crisis/
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt
Hey Matt,
Thanks for letting me know about your blog! We watch Glenn Beck every night and then are fuming so much that we can't sleep. According to your Facebook group you mentioned that this blog will address HOW we can help and WHAT we can do. That sounds great. More and more people are waking up to our awful state, but don't know what to do to protect our freedoms and steer our country away from socialism and fascism. HELP! Besides swinging tea bags around, what else can we do? I worked for a Congressman years ago, so I know what happens to those letters and phone calls to the office...I'm anxious to hear what you and your team come up with.
How disconcerting. Debt is lame. Thanks Matt.