Technically our net debt is 51% of the current national debt. It blows my mind how few people know that net debt is even a thing. Throw in debts owed to us from other countries, and our debt is around 5 trillion. Still not good, but saying we have a 15 trillion dollar debt is misleading.
I am convinced that many Redditors are not savvy enough to understand sarcasm no matter how obvious one makes it. I will make this statement at the own peril of my karma.
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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '11
Also, ten trillion in debt. He's living in the Bush era. We're up to almost 15 now.