National debt grows $1 million a minute

[CheezeFlixz]

Like a ticking time bomb, the national debt is an explosion waiting to happen. It's expanding by about $1.4 billion a day — or nearly $1 million a minute.

What's that mean to you?

It means almost $30,000 in debt for each man, woman, child and infant in the United States.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071203/ap_on_go_ot/nation_in_debt_4

We need to tell these drunken spenders to get it under control, or find new people to go the Washington.

[Jack]

Well, nothing is ever going to be done about it.  No politician is ever going to quit spending like there's no tomorrow, and most people won't vote for a politician who isn't promising them goodies.  Personally I look forward to the day when they default on the debt payments.  It will signify the beginning of a quantum shift in American politics, much like Russia is going through now, except that America will hopefully still have enough of its capitalist structure in place to make a swift recovery.  But after that, all those government programs will be gone, and probably for a good long time.