National Debt? A Real Problem?

by Jared Fruland

As of 3:05 PM GMT the U.S. National Debt was at an astounding $8,680,657,258,410.93 and is at an average increase of $1.5 billion dollars a day. The average amount per person contributed to the U.S. debt is $28,860.22. This is brought up to day, due to the near President's State of the Union Address. When President Bush gives his State of the Union address tonight, don't expect accurate numbers on the budget. What you can count on is that the deficit is disastrous and the debt is piling up. So I advice anybody interested in the U.S. economy should be very alert to tonight's address.