A tribute to our Government's Stewardship of the Economy and Nat'l Debt

[Doctor_K]

From the AP, courtesy of Yahoo:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_re_us/odd_national_debt_clock;_ylt=AqdQhiqkGii9KxQmt86VvUdH2ocA

NEW YORK â€" In a sign of the times, 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 â€" 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.

So nice.  Thank you, elected officials on both sides of the aisle for screwing me, the average little guy.