Guest guest Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 > " Richard Fontanesi " <RFontanesi > 2005/10/26 Wed PM 09:38:17 CDT > <lalp-members > [Lalp-members] Another 625 days, another trillion dollars > > > Dear All, > > The national debt is now firmly above $8 trillion. To mark this occasion, > our debtclock page at http://www.la.lp.org/debtclock.htm will roll over to > $8 trillion at exactly 12:30 pm tomorrow, Thursday afternoon. To put this > in perspective, if converted into eight trillion dollar bills laid end to > end the national debt amount could go from the earth to the sun and back > four times with $300 billion in change. Or, stacked one atop the other, the > bills could make two stacks reaching from the earth to the moon with $960 > billion in change. Or to put it another way, a 67.5 foot wide highway could > be built circumnavigating the earth at the equator paved with $100 bills > with $20 billion in change. > > Two trillion of the eight trillion dollars of debt were accumulated during > the present Bush administration. It took 625 days to accumulate the last > trillion dollars of debt. At the present rate, the debt will reach ten > trillion dollars before election day in 2008. > > At this same time, we must mark the grim milestone of losing 2000 soldiers > in the war and occupation of Iraq. I went to the September 24 Peace Rally > in Washington, DC to fly the Libertarian flag and be a part of a movement to > put an end to this madness. I have a journal with a few shots from my > cellphone camera at the web site. Just find the link on the main page or > use this one: http://www.la.lp.org/PeaceRally2005.htm. > > In Liberty, > > Richard Fontanesi > Vice Chairman > Libertarian Party of Louisiana > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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