“As of June 18, 2009, the total U.S. federal debt was $11,342,734,351,973, or about $36,989 per capita. Of this amount, debt held by the public was roughly $7.098 trillion. As of 2007, the debt of the United States ranked as the 22nd-largest in the world as a percentage of GDP.As of June 2009 the debt was 82.5 percent of GDP based on current GDP. This level of debt has not been seen since 1951, with the nominal value the largest in recorded history.” (from wikipedia)
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