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NYC National Debt Clock runs out of digits
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by mtippett | October 9, 2008 at 04:33 am
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NEW YORK - In a sign of the times, the National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing figure.As a short-term fix, the digital dollar sign on the billboard-style clock near Times Square has been switched to a figure — the "1" in $10 trillion. It's marking the federal government's current debt at about $10.2 trillion.
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at 09:12 on October 9th, 2008
mtippett, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Where have all the Fiscal Conservatives gone, long time passing?
Where have all the Fiscal Conservatives gone, long time ago?
Where have all the Fiscal Conservatives gone?
Politicians have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
at 09:49 on October 9th, 2008
I was visiting New York for the Big Apple Scrabble Tournament, and was documenting the gastronomic part of my trip so my wife could enjoy it vicariously. I was about to take a picture on my way in to Sushi Zen when I noticed the much more interesting story above it.
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at 11:40 on October 9th, 2008
Earlier coverage exists here.
at 12:43 on October 9th, 2008
mtippett, I like this story. It's good stuff. The numbers are so large as to be almost meaningless.