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caseymoz

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3. Do you mean

Reply to madrchsod (Original post)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 01:14 PM

Jan 2013

$1,410,157,000,000 trillion?

Or $1.410157 trillion?

I'm suppose you mean the latter. The former is impossible in today's economy, but I have to check, because the way you have it stated would be a twelve digit decimal error. For people who have a hazier idea of the scale you're talking about, that could give them the wrong idea if you're overstating by twelve digits.

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1,410,157,000,000 and counting............ [View all] madrchsod Jan 2013 OP

How much does that number look like the deficit reduction target? n/t HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #1

Aside: "...1,410,000,000,000 trillion (sic) dollars...." should be 1.41 trillion USD. xocet Jan 2013 #2

Do you mean caseymoz Jan 2013 #3

this was said many years ago in regards to napoleonic war by William Pitt, pansypoo53219 Jan 2013 #4

Geez, same as the deficit! Keep the military sequester. grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #5

These get published every week in our local free paper, The Eugene Weekly DreamGypsy Jan 2013 #6

kinda makes the whole fiscal cliff thing laughable kabuki theater. KG Jan 2013 #7

+1 xchrom Jan 2013 #8

Most of that is borrowed money...just wait until the bond vigilantes start demanding a better return roamer65 Jan 2013 #9