The Outstanding Public Debt as of 07 Oct 2004 at 04:01:39 PM GMT is:
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The estimated population of the United States is 294,469,363
The National Debt has continued to increase an average of
$1.71 billion per day since September 30, 2003!
so each citizen's share of this debt is
$25,195.43.
Concerned? Then
tell Congress and the White House!
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Do you have any questions about the National Debt or this Debt Clock?
Here are some answers. The Treasury Department's Bureau of Public Debt also has their own Public Debt FAQ.
National Debt -- In the News
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1 Oct 04 - Happy Fiscal New Year!; Congress Misses Budget Deadline (Again) (Yahoo News)
9 Jun 04 - Editorial: Reagan Policies Gave Green Light to Red Ink (Washinton Post)
13 Apr 04 - NYC's Debt clock torn down, new clock to be erected (Newsday)
12 Mar 04 - Senate approves $2.36 trillion budget resolution (Washington Times)
2 Feb 04 - Bush sends $2.4 trillion budget (including record $521 billion Deficit) to Hill (CBS News)
4 Jan 04 - Bush's budget for 2005 seeks to rein in domestic costs (New York Times)
18 Dec 03 - Bush Deficit reduction plan criticized (Fox News)
17 Dec 03 - Bush Deficit plan draws derision (CBS News)
9 Jul 03 - Home is where the National Debt is (The Providence Journal)
28 Jun 03 - Treasury official criticizes Debt ceiling (Washington Post)
19 Jun 03 - Editorial: Delusional on the Deficit, by Sen. Ernest Hollings (Dem-SC) (Washington Post)
15 Jun 03 - Aging population makes this Deficit scarier (USA Today)
10 Jun 03 - Congressional analyst now sees this year's Deficit exceeding $400 billion (San Francisco Chronicle)
31 May 03 - Democrats expect record Debts -- Federal Deficit is forecast to approach $500 billion next year (Washington Post)
25 May 03 - Congress raises National Debt ceiling (The Southern Illinoisan)
20 May 03 - White House urges Senate to raise Debt ceiling soon (Washington Post)
19 May 03 - White House warns on National Debt limit (ABC News)
4 Apr 03 - U.S. maneuvers to avoid Debt ceiling (ABC News)
14 Mar 03 - GOP senators oppose size of Bush tax cut (NY Times)
10 Mar 03 - Editorial: We could have cut National Debt (Sarasota [FL] Herald Tribune)
5 Mar 03 - Editorial: Today's GDP, tomorrow's national debt (Modesto [CA] Bee)
20 Feb 03 - U.S. Government hits national debt ceiling -- Treasury begins taking evasive actions (CNN)
29 Aug 01 - Congressional Budge Office: "Social Security funds needed to balance books" (CNN)
22 Feb 01 - Bush unveils 'fiscally responsible' budget--reduces Deficit, but not Debt (CNN)
27 Sep 00 - President Clinton Announces Another Record Budget Surplus (CNN)
7 Sep 00 - National Debt Clock Stops, Despite Trillions of Dollars of Red Ink (CNN)
26 Jun 00 - Concord Coalition Warns that the new "Surplus" is not new money, it's simply a new projection (Concord Coalition)
1 May 00 - Clinton Announces Record Payment on National Debt (CNN)
8 Mar 00 - Debt reduction: good or bad? Age-old debate of paying off the National Debt (ABC News)
4 Aug 99 - US to buy back National Debt, first time in 25 years (BBC)
The Concord Coalition
- A nonpartisan, grass roots movement to eliminate the
deficit and bring entitlements down to a level that's
fair to all generations
Grandfather Economic Report on Federal Government Debt
- Ever wonder to whom this massive Debt is owed? This
massive site has the answer to this and other other
questions.
Drudge Report
- Links (with an attitude) to the latest in political news from around
the country and around the world
United We Stand America - The Grass Roots
- An unofficial site provided by individual members of the UWSA.
WebActive
- A weekly online magazine for progressive activists.
Debt Consolidation
- Credit counseling can help lower monthly debt
payments and prevent personal bankruptcy.-
Also, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's
Bureau of the Public Debt
provides
daily, monthly, and yearly figures
for the Debt--to the penny!
These are the figures I use to calibrate this
Debt Clock.
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This debt clock is maintained by Ed Hall
([email protected]).
It was last calibrated using information
obtained from the U.S. Department of the Treasury dated
4 October 2004.
Population figures are derived from
the U.S. Bureau of the Census'
Population Clock.
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