tick tock.......

A photo of our national debt clock and as of last week the total was more than 8 trillion dollars. The bottom number is an average of how much each family owed as their share. The clock was erected in 1989 and was the idea of Seymour Durst. The clock began to slow as the millennium approached and since the clock was not designed to run backwards, it faced a mechanical problem. With the debt showing 5.7 trillion dollars, a curtain was placed over the clock (red, white, and blue of course). The clock was uncovered in 2002 as a result of a surge in spending and the new total was 6.1 trillion dollars. A new clock, which can run backwards, was put up in 2004, however, it is expected that in just a couple of years the numbers will be so great that there will be no more room. Happy spending indeed.

paul