Posted
3/16/2006 05:44:00 PM
by Douglas
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one.The Senate voted Thursday to allow the national debt to swell to nearly $9 trillion, preventing a first-ever default on U.S. Treasury notes.
The bill passed by a 52-48 vote. The increase to $9 trillion represents about $30,000 for every man, woman and child in the United States. The bill now goes to President Bush for his signature.
Gee, I wonder if he'll sign it?
Not the first time I've brought this
up, and with this administration, obviously not the last.
Also, because I'm a dork and I can figure out stuff like this, a continuous stream of $9 Trillion $1 dollar bills would wrap around the equator of the earth more the 34,000 times, and the width of this band of conservatism would be 1.4 miles wide.
Remember folks, and try to say this without laughing. He's a
Conservative: A
fiscal Conservative. Shit, I can't even
type that with a straight face.
Labels: debt ceiling