Originally Posted by raymor

From 1776 to 2008 the US racked up $10 trillion in debt.
Just three years later, it's $17 trillion.

Not half bad?! He's got each and every one of us tens of thousands of dollars in the hole - about $60,000 per household.

Over the next few years, when you start getting the bills for that $60,000 you now owe, you might feel differently.

(Some calculate $122,00 per household, I gave him the benefit of using the more favorable number.)