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DEFICIT: Putting it into perspective

| February 15, 2012 9:00 PM

You just published top rich people's fortunes and how long to spend them to zero. How about the government debt of $15 trillion at $1 million a day? Or a trillion seconds equals about 32,000 years. Might help most people understand what those big numbers stand for.

LARRY CHMURA

Coeur d'Alene


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