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Visualising the U.S. debt

The gigantic building on the right is not a skyscraper...

it is a heap of US banknotes figuring the amount of the U.S. unfunded liabilities :

http://usdebt.kleptocracy.us/images/kleptocracy.us-115_trillion_dollars-115,000,000,000,000_USD.jpg
114.5 Trillion Dollars -$114,500,000,000,000.

"[...]The unfunded liability is calculated on current tax and funding inputs, and future demographic shifts in US Population. [...]"

Source: Federal Reserve & USdebtclock

View how fast it's going...

Only 126 days ago :

Sources : Congressional Budget Office, USDebtClock.org, SNBC.com & Time.com
Let's see how things are going for Europe...

 

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/05/02/weekinreview/02marsh-image/02marsh-image-custom1-v3.gif 

Source : "Europe web of debts" - 'The New York Times' - May 1, 2011

"Banks and governments in thes five  shaky economies owe each other many billions of euros -converted here to dollars- and have even larger debts to Britain, France and Germany. Arrow widths are proportional to debt amounts."

Can't see Britain, France or Germany's debt... does it mean they have none ? . . .


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