DEBT: Too heavy to lift

Another year, another trillion dollars added to our National Debt — now $23 trillion. Let’s review once again:

- One million dollars in hundred dollar bills weighs approximately 22 pounds.

- One billion dollars weighs 22,000 pounds.

- One trillion dollars weighs 506 million pounds, or 253,000 tons! That equals two nuclear powered aircraft carriers fully loaded with armament, personnel and toilet paper, plus 614 M1A Abrams tanks, plus 20 tons of Red Bull for the tankers.

How many parents reading this are very upset at our national leaders continuing to saddle children and grandchildren with this tremendous financial burden? The day of reckoning is close at hand. If readers have not prepared for such a day, NOW might be a good time to research what preppers have been doing for decades. A prudent man forseeth the evil, and hideth himself. (Proverbs 22:3)

RAY GODDARD

Emida