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Article: YOUR OPINIONS
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 18, 2008
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NATIONAL DEBT
Numbers should be highly publicized
I know this is an age of shrinking size and content for
newspapers. However, it would be a great service to readers to
inform them as to the mounting public debt. The national debt, as of
the day I write this letter, is $10,310,495,948,806.65. Each
citizen's share is $33,814.57, based upon an estimated population of
304,912,839 (see www.brillig.com/debt_clock).
The newspaper should post this number on a daily basis at the top
of the front page or at least at the top of the business section.
The national debt has increased $3.4 billion per day since Sept. 28,
2007. Readers and voters should be aware of this information with
Nov. 4 rapidly ...