A Visualization of United States Debt

These numbers get tossed around in the discussions and media coverage of the Washington debates these days as if they are frisbees being tossed or something similarly routine. They are not in any way “routine.” Check out this pictorial attempt to show that truth–KSH.

Posted in * Economics, Politics, Budget, Economy, The National Deficit, The U.S. Government

3 comments on “A Visualization of United States Debt

  1. montanan says:

    Wow – great visuals – though they generate a bit of despair because of the size of them.

  2. Rich Gabrielson says:

    I [b]love[/b] the irony of the ads at the upper left of the visual! Let the reader understand:

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    and
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  3. Rich Gabrielson says:

    Sorry – recalculating – upper [b]right[/b]!