How much is your portion of the U.S. debt?

Courtesy Digg - Business & Finance  Mon, 11/16/2009 - 16:50

The U.S. debt is the total amount of money the government has borrowed (from its people and foreigners) in order to pay for past government spending.

With congress set to raise the limit on the national debt, let's take a look at just how much money that is.


 

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