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Fraudster
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$103,886,876,062.52

https://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/repo....

Probably one off, but still pretty significant.

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Anyone else notice the debt clock has slowed dramatically?
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Aren't we at or near the debt ceiling?

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Debt to the penny seems to be showing that debt accumulation is picking up.

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I think it's over 16T.
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Why do the historical Interest Expense not match the amount in the Budgets submitted by Obama?
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Not quite 16T. 15.88T

Interest expense for the fiscal year to date is actually down a bit compared to the same time last year driven in part by a reduction in average interest rate (presently 2.65%)

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Yet debt accumulation appears to be picking up steam. So lower interest (rates) and faster debt accumulation, equals?

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The finagling over spending last year resulted in an agreement to raise the ceiling over $16T, I believe to $16.4T, enough that raising it again during FY 2012 wouldn't become an inconvenient election year issue.

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