Yuan Nation Under God
The National Debt of the U.S.A.
If you get dizzy trying to keep track of the commas that is trillions of dollars.
Or, to make it a bit more personal, $26,502.50 per person as of this writing. (the grand total above should increment automatically)
source of the above figures and more details...of course that doesn't include the labor that India supplies. Not just phone banks for when you need product assistance but skilled labor for high tech industries in Texas and California where Indians are recruited to come and do work requiring highly skill levels lacking in the local populace.
There are plenty of sources for this information.
And just who do we the people owe this money to??
The Social Security Administration (AKA you) Other governmental agencies T bond holders and foriegn countries most note worthy of which are China and the home of Osama Bin Ladin and the September 11th terrorists, Saudi Arabia.
How did we get here? Was it those liberal Democrats and their handouts to the lazy working class and indigent people? Did it all go to give-aways to the slacker sick and old people? Keeping Terri Shiavo alive? Surely it must have been decreased when Reagan (Bush I) threw so many lazy factory workers and welfare recipients out in the street where they belonged. Washington outsider Texas dirt farmer a man of the people Bush II must have put a dent in the debt too. Hmmmm...let's see;
Hmmm... must be damn liberal figures.
So maybe we can pay it down with Yankee ingenuity. Make a better mouse trap. Raise the standard of living, educate everyone to the maximum and we can compete with all of those backward countries where they are illiterate, ignorant and superstitious? Well we can see from the chart below that the U.S., U.K and India are all in the same category as importing more than they export. That is getting more than they are giving;
Better start trading your American dollars for Chinese Yuan and European Euros. Everyone else is.
We were always taught that our "freedom" here in the U.S.A. gave us an insurmountable advantage in the world market as well. Not to mention another product that is our God given duty to export. So how are we doing in the freedom department?
Number of people imprisoned per 100,000.
Please also note that the U.S.A. holds thousands of people secretly and without charge in prisons around the world that are not included in the following figures which are thanks to Kings College London . In addition to per capita rates they also have total raw numbers and break downs by sub units of countries such as individual states. Texas has by far the most imprisoned people on earth followed closely by other Bible belt states and Ahhhnold Swarzeneggar's California...
(please also note that countries listed with the same rank are tied for that rank and there is no error)
If you get dizzy trying to keep track of the commas that is trillions of dollars.
Or, to make it a bit more personal, $26,502.50 per person as of this writing. (the grand total above should increment automatically)
source of the above figures and more details...of course that doesn't include the labor that India supplies. Not just phone banks for when you need product assistance but skilled labor for high tech industries in Texas and California where Indians are recruited to come and do work requiring highly skill levels lacking in the local populace.
There are plenty of sources for this information.
And just who do we the people owe this money to??
The Social Security Administration (AKA you) Other governmental agencies T bond holders and foriegn countries most note worthy of which are China and the home of Osama Bin Ladin and the September 11th terrorists, Saudi Arabia.
How did we get here? Was it those liberal Democrats and their handouts to the lazy working class and indigent people? Did it all go to give-aways to the slacker sick and old people? Keeping Terri Shiavo alive? Surely it must have been decreased when Reagan (Bush I) threw so many lazy factory workers and welfare recipients out in the street where they belonged. Washington outsider Texas dirt farmer a man of the people Bush II must have put a dent in the debt too. Hmmmm...let's see;
Hmmm... must be damn liberal figures.
So maybe we can pay it down with Yankee ingenuity. Make a better mouse trap. Raise the standard of living, educate everyone to the maximum and we can compete with all of those backward countries where they are illiterate, ignorant and superstitious? Well we can see from the chart below that the U.S., U.K and India are all in the same category as importing more than they export. That is getting more than they are giving;
Better start trading your American dollars for Chinese Yuan and European Euros. Everyone else is.
We were always taught that our "freedom" here in the U.S.A. gave us an insurmountable advantage in the world market as well. Not to mention another product that is our God given duty to export. So how are we doing in the freedom department?
Number of people imprisoned per 100,000.
Please also note that the U.S.A. holds thousands of people secretly and without charge in prisons around the world that are not included in the following figures which are thanks to Kings College London . In addition to per capita rates they also have total raw numbers and break downs by sub units of countries such as individual states. Texas has by far the most imprisoned people on earth followed closely by other Bible belt states and Ahhhnold Swarzeneggar's California...
(please also note that countries listed with the same rank are tied for that rank and there is no error)
1 United States of America 726
2 St. Kitts and Nevis 559
3 Palau 550
3 Russian Federation 550
5 Belarus 532
5 Bermuda (UK) 532
7 Virgin Islands (USA) 490
8 Turkmenistan c.489
9 Cuba c.487
10 Belize 444
11 Suriname 437
12 Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 429
13 Bahamas 425
14 Dominica 418
15 Ukraine 416
16 Maldive Islands 414
17 South Africa 413
18 Singapore 392
19 Puerto Rico (USA) 386
20 Barbados 367
21 Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 364
22 French Guiana/Guyane (France) 358
23 Panama 354
24 Guam (USA) 353
25 Kazakhstan 342
26 Botswana 339
26 Estonia 339
26 St Vincent and the Grenadines 339
29 Latvia 337
30 Aruba (Netherlands) 324
30 Swaziland 324
32 Kyrgyzstan 316
33 Trinidad and Tobago 307
34 American Samoa (USA) 301
35 Moldova (Republic of) 297
36 St Lucia 293
37 Antigua and Barbuda 269
38 Namibia 267
39 Grenada 265
40 Thailand 264
41 Tunisia 253
42 Taiwan 252
43 United Arab Emirates c.250
44 Mongolia 246
45 Chile 241
46 Lithuania 234
47 Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 215
48 Mauritius 214
49 Israel 209
49 Poland 209
49 Uruguay 209
52 Libya 207
53 Jersey (United Kingdom) 202
54 Azerbaijan 198
55 Macau (China) 197
56 Czech Republic 191
56 Iran 191
56 Mexico 191
59 Greenland (Denmark) 190
60 Seychelles 186
61 El Salvador 184
61 Uzbekistan 184
63 Brazil 183
64 Romania 179
65 Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 178
66 Costa Rica 177
67 Jamaica 176
68 Morocco 174
69 Guadeloupe (France) 173
69 Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 173
71 Hong Kong (China) 170
71 Malaysia 170
73 Guyana 169
73 Kenya 169
73 Martinique (France) 169
76 New Zealand 168
77 Georgia 165
77 Slovakia 165
79 Guernsey (United Kingdom) 164
79 Hungary 164
81 Tajikistan 161
82 Honduras 158
82 Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) 158
84 Dominican Republic 157
85 Bahrain 155
85 Zimbabwe c.155
87 Colombia 152
88 Argentina 148
88 Kuwait c.148
90 Lebanon 145
91 Luxembourg 144
92 Bulgaria 143
92 Lesotho 143
92 United Kingdom: England & Wales 143
95 Spain 141
96 Reunion (France) 137
97 Fiji 133
97 United Kingdom: Scotland 133
99 Saudi Arabia 132
100 French Polynesia (France) 131
101 Rwanda 129
102 Brunei Darussalam 127
103 Cameroon 125
103 Portugal 125
105 Netherlands 123
106 New Caledonia (France) 122
106 Zambia 122
108 Algeria 121
108 Republic of (South) Korea 121
110 Australia 120
110 Myanmar (formerly Burma) c.120
112 China 118
113 Canada 116
113 Tanzania 116
115 Peru 114
116 Central African Republic 110
116 Sri Lanka 110
118 Madagascar c.109
119 Serbia and Montenegro: Montenegro 108
120 Burundi 107
121 Austria 106
122 Albania 105
122 Tonga 105
124 Jordan 104
125 Ecuador 100
125 Nicaragua 100
127 Italy 97
128 Germany 96
129 Qatar 95
129 Turkey 95
131 Syria 93
132 Armenia 92
132 Ethiopia c.92
132 Serbia and Montenegro: Serbia 92
135 France 91
136 Andorra 90
136 Cook Islands (New Zealand) 90
138 Uganda c.89
139 Belgium 88
140 Egypt 87
141 Philippines 86
142 Ireland, Republic of 85
142 Mayotte (France) 85
144 Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 83
144 Venezuela 83
144 Yemen 83
147 Greece 82
148 Benin 81
148 Oman 81
148 Sweden 81
148 Switzerland 81
152 Kiribati 80
153 Sao Tome e Principe 79
154 Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of) 78
155 Bolivia 76
155 United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 76
157 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 75
157 Paraguay 75
159 Malta 72
160 Finland 71
160 Vietnam 71
162 Denmark 70
162 Malawi 70
164 Laos 69
165 Croatia 68
165 Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 68
167 Papua New Guinea 66
168 Norway 65
168 Togo 65
170 Serbia and Montenegro: Kosovo/Kosova 63
171 Cote D'Ivoire 62
172 Djibouti 61
172 Guatemala 61
174 Iraq c.60
175 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 58
175 Japan 58
177 Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) c.57
178 Slovenia 56
178 Solomon Islands 56
178 Tuvalu 56
181 Pakistan 55
182 Ghana 54
182 Senegal 54
184 Liechtenstein 53
185 Niger c.52
186 Bangladesh 50
186 Cyprus 50
186 Mozambique 50
189 Nauru 48
190 Cambodia 47
191 Chad 46
192 Angola 44
192 Marshall Islands 44
192 Vanuatu 44
195 Haiti 42
196 Mauritania 41
196 Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 41
198 Iceland 39
198 Monaco 39
200 Congo (Brazzaville) 38
200 Indonesia 38
202 Republic of Guinea 37
203 Sudan c.36
204 Mali 34
204 Micronesia, Federated States of 34
206 Gambia 32
207 India 31
207 Nigeria 31
209 Comoros c.30
209 Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 30
211 Nepal 29
212 Sierra Leone c.27
213 Burkina Faso 23
4 Comments:
Great work again, Noel.
If those figures don't bring some people to their senses [of reality] then it's doubtfull anything will.
While the startling financial facts are extremely revealing in themselves - the imprisonment information is nothing short of breath-taking.
Thanks once more for the time and trouble you take to help enlighten the uninformed and misinformed.
Thank you Richard
I can't remember where I first heard this but it could have been from you Richard considering that it was apparently reported in the U.K.
"A US man shot his postman so that he would get sent to prison for life and escape his crippling medical debts, investigators say."
"He said he feared losing his home and thought that living in prison would be better than surviving on the street."
Considering the quality of health care inmates receive I think he will live to regret that. If he lives that is.
Being amongst the homeless in the United States in these days of brutal arrogance and intense materialism is a horrible experience but probably still better than prison even for the sick and elderly. People hate the indigent here thanks in large part to the endless barrage of propaganda used to shift the blame for our exponentially expanding poverty from the corporate/government criminals to those they have screwed.
It wasn't from me, Noel, although I did read it. A terrible tale.
What an awful indictment of the system.
Georgia is a decidedly "red" state. So is Tennessee where my little sister lives. She had her coverage cut in the last year or so as have many others. As I have said before socialism follows these fascist bastards around like a dog owner with a pooper scooper as it has in Chile. They cause so much devestation of the economies they plunder that nationalisation of health care, banks, utilities and everything else becomes a matter of dire necessity. That's assuming the ciltures they ravage survive at all.
Instead of running Republicans in Democrats clothing to try and regain a pseudo-democratic majority people will soon be begging for liberals to vote for. Begging for freedom and democracy, not to mention a roof over their heads and food in their bellies.
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