Are these numbers real? by kaneman

REAL WORLD EVENT DISCUSSIONS

Are these numbers real?

POSTED BY: KANEMAN
UPDATED: Sunday, March 14, 2010 16:22
SHORT URL:
VIEWED: 599
PAGE 1 of 1

Friday, March 12, 2010 7:40 AM

The United States has 82.7 Trillion dollars of debt on and off the books. Look on,(usdebtclock.org).
We have 154,000,000 people working in the United States out of 307 million people.

When you divide 82.7 Trillion dollars by 154 million people....we each owe $538,000.00 dollars. We each owe over half a million dollars for the debt. We are bankrupt.

I understand that the Unemployment rate the governmemt uses is based on "working aged able bodied people" and this uses all americans. However, the taxes only come from those working and the debt supports all 307 million.

Is there another way to look at this or is this really the bottom line?

NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Friday, March 12, 2010 7:48 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Hmmmm...dunno, that's a complex equation. Given in part I don't believe "we" are responsible for the debt, our government is. Beyond that, the government and business sectors make money off many things that the Americans themselves can't compete with, its share of the debt which IT can make up comes into it, for me.

But as to bankrupt? Yes, of course we are. Have been, actually, for decades. Our decline has been going DOWN for decades; our profits due to letting other countries earn OFF us, as in shipping business out of the country, has been going on for quite some time, as well. IF we were to retrieve our position in the world (which we could do a lot of by being on the cutting edge of things rather than letting the world leave us behind in new technology, etc.) we could recoup a lot. Don't see it happening any times soon, however...

"I'm just right. Kinda like the sun rising in the east and the world being round...its not a need its just the way it is." The Delusional "Hero", 3/1/10

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:22 PM

PIRATENEWS

John Lee, conspiracy therapist at Hollywood award-winner History Channel-mocked SNL-spoofed PirateNew.org wooHOO!!!!!!

www.usdebtclock.org

Those numbers are real. But they don't include $70-trillion stolen from govt CAFR "pension" funds EVERY YEAR. You'll NEVER hear the word CAFR mentioned on any TV "news" nor any "university", but every politician and stockbroker worships their own CAFR like the Piggybank God.
http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS346US346&aq=f&sourceid=ch
rome&ie=UTF-8&q=cafr

NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

YOUR OPTIONS

SHARE THREAD

NEW POSTS TODAY

USER	POST DATE

USER

POST DATE