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Yvettep
AALBC .com Platinum Poster
Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 3234
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 09:42 am: | 
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The National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing figure.
As a short-term fix, the digital dollar sign on the billboard-style clock near Times Square has been switched to a figure -- the "1" in $10 trillion.
It's marking the federal government's current debt at about $10.2 trillion.
The Durst Organization says it plans to update the sign next year by adding two digits.
That will make it capable of tracking debt up to a quadrillion dollars.
The late Manhattan real estate developer Seymour Durst put the sign up in 1989 to call attention to what was then a $2.7 trillion debt.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/09/national.debt.clock.ap/index.html |
Tonya
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Tonya
Post Number: 7581
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 11:02 am: |
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I saw this on the news this morning. It blew. my. mind. LOL
Got my $1-store spaghetti-Os tho….I ain't scurrrd! |
Disciple724
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Username: Disciple724
Post Number: 210
Registered: 07-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 11:42 am: |
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Seems like we are helpless victims on a trainwreck destined to happen. Or are we? |
Cynique
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Cynique
Post Number: 12932
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 12:06 pm: |
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We are on the threshold of an era where survival will be synonymous with a frugal lifestyle. Hello to necessities, good bye to luxuries. |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 12937
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 04:22 pm: |
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You know things have really gotten bad when the father of our country is in a dither. 
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