US National debt

Grave reading....http://www.cnbc.com/id/31723265

Of particular interest is this snippet below....The odometer-style "debt clock" near Times Square — put in place in 1989 whenthe debt was a mere $2.7 trillion — ran out of numbers and had to be shut downwhen the debt surged past $10 trillion in 2008. The clock has since beenrefurbished so higher numbers fit.