[lurker]

Yelp! We're approaching a total US National debt that equals $30,000 for every living US Citizen. As of last Thursday our elected officials had accumulated an outstanding debt of $8,190,567,748,779.48.

That's 8 Trillion, 190 Billion, 567 Million, 748 Thousand, 779 Dollars and 48 cents. To put it in perspective; of the 275 million US citizens, we'd have to cough up nearly $30,000 apiece. Another way to pay it off is to simply sell all the US land (no, not the land the Feral Gummit holds. ALL of the land... your's and mine, too).

So, let's call the Kirk Brothers and have them auction it. All 3 Million, 537+ Thousand square miles of it.... and hope we break even by finding a buyer willing to pay $2.3 Million for every square mile.

Yup. We screwed... but they bought a lot of Power for themselves with our assets.

Do you know how this happened...? Hint: think payroll deductions....