For the record: It took only 15 days for Uncle Sam to rack up another $100 billion in debt. Weve been keeping an eye on the national debt all this month ever since Congress and the White House agreed to suspend the debt ceiling (again) until March 2017.
It didnt much surprise us that the national debt grew from $18.15 trillion to $18.49 trillion between Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. It did surprise us when the total leaped $100 billion in the following three days, to $18.61 trillion.
And only 15 days since crossing the $18.6 trillion mark the most recent figure is last Friday were now past $18.7 trillion.
The figure would be even higher were it not for an anonymous donor who sent the Treasury a check for $2.2 million recently. Were hard-pressed to think of a worse way to pour $2.2 million down the toilet than that.
Poster Comment:
The U.S. is on the cusp of total collapse. I wish I had a tenth of that $2.2 million sent to the Treasury.