what is the total u.s debt?
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There is the debt the national government owes. Then there is the debt the population and corporations owe. Then there is the debt that states and localities owe. Which did you mean, or did you mean all?\n\nU S government $8+ trillion.  Does not include unfunded obligations such as social security and medicare. \n\nConsumer debt is over $10 trillion.\n\nCorporate debt is probably around another $10 trillion. GM alone owes 285 billion and that does not include unfunded pension and health care liabilities.\n\nStates and local governments probably $30 billion. Every town, school district, airport, library, college owes millions. \n\nHope I didn't ruin your week.
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we havent seen a surplus since 1830s. the 'surplus' during clinton was a hoax. he bailed out mexico by having greenspan print up $3.8 billion bounced it off the roof of the treasury into chase manhatten. then bush bought us all off with it at the beginning of his 1st term. right ow the debt is $8,363,454,225,996.54 The estimated population of the United States is 298,676,548 so each citizen's share of this debt is $28,001.71. The National Debt has continued to increase an average of $1.95 billion per day since September 30, 2005! Concerned? Then tell Congress and the White House! http://www.eff.org/congress/
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United States Dollars
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In 2001, the budget had a surplus of $127 billion.\n\nHowever, the US had a national debt of $5.8 trillion that same year, so...
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The Outstanding Public Debt as of 28 Feb 2006 at 11:25:30 PM GMT is:\n$ 8 , 2 6 1 , 8 1 8 , 9 6 9 , 2 4 0 . 7 0 and you can see how it rises by viewing the Debt Clock at the first link below.\n\nDuring the Clinton administration, there was actually a budget SURPLUS of at least 230 billion dollars. See the second link below for an article about it.
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THE NATIONAL DEBT WAS 900 BILLION WHEN JIMMY CARTER LEFT OFFICE AND WAS OVER 4 TRILLION AFTER THE REAGAN/BUSH/QUAYLE ERA WAS OVER.\n\nIT NEARLY FLATLINED DURING THE CLINTON ERA THEN CONTINUED TO SKYROCKET AFTER LITTLE BUSH TOOK OVER
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Just recently, a U.S. Senator (Dorgan?) showed how much the U.S. owes different countries and financial institutions.  Japan was first on the list with about $600 billion owed to it by the U.S.  China was second with about $300 billion.  My numbers were rounded and approximated.
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this is the first time we were trillions in debt, the whole reasons why WAR bonds were sold was to pay for the debt of the war, Back then it just was not thinkable to go into debt, now the Country goes into debt, The Average family of 4 owes about $120,000 to pay back for the war debt and tax cuts debts, (Its called the National Deficit) that out children will have to pay, but unfortunately its a proven fact, the more the country is is debt, the less REAL economic growth there is, what little there is is called (false growth). It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out if a family of 4 has to borrow 120,000 for NOTHING, in other words has NOTHING to show for it, they really are not in goods financial health, could you imaging getting hit with that type of loan, interest growing daily that you will NEED to pay back before you can start saving and be financially sound again?, Many people agree thats why the Country prospered while Clinton was in office because were were gaining a surplus, slowly getting into the black and were spending less then we were taking in.
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I can't find the deficit, but here's a graph that shows the U.S. national debt as it was created over time.\n\nAt the time Reagan left office, it was right around $4 trillion, or about twice what it was when he took office in 1980.\n\nhttp://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/faq.html
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May be articles from http://www.all-total.com/ helps you!\nSorry if not!
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Technically, no one. The United states isnt borrowing money from these people.\n\nWhen the govt began having deficits, they started selling treasury bonds and other countries bought them. When you purchase a treasury bond, you are actually investing in the American Dollar. \n\nOther countries and organizations are investing in the United states dollar. Not really a loan. \n\nHOWEVER< There is a good feasable solution, that WOULD work IF the American public actually wanted its govt to stay alive. BUY TREASURY BONDS!!!!!
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It's not that simple unfortunately. You seen how much we're in debt?
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The largest creditor of US government is the citizens of United States, and in many countries it might be the same case. By borrowing money from its citizens through bonds, treasury bills and treasury notes, the government can finance its spending.\n\nSo the money didn't really go anywhere - all of your friends and relatives who have US government bonds/notes or T-bills own a piece of US debt.
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no not at all.  First of all national deficit is the sum of all deficits including your credit card and national spending.  Secondly national income is the income that comes in not only from tax, tariffs, savings, etc but also from buying and selling of goods abroad in the name of the US government.  \n\nI could go on and on but the key here is that national income is not easy to calculate.  There are hidden / undisclosed accountants that are not publicized and despite what people say, it is still a part of the national income.   When you add all that up, the income is actually a debt. LOL and you owe the government thousands of dollars.   \n\nSorry for the complicated and bad news. LOL
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As of about 30 seconds ago, about $241,160,000,000 has been spent based on estimates from congressional appropriations. The population of the United States currently is about 298,116,000. Therefore, the cost per capita is $808.95.
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If the deficit was $319 billion, then our national debt increased by $319 billion.\n\nA deficit is our debt for that particular year. The deficit is then added to the total debt.