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Infographic: Presenting A World Covered In (Hundred Dollar Bill) Debt (Original Post) stockholmer Feb 2012 OP
Kick. Tx4obama Feb 2012 #1
Wow... Yooperman Feb 2012 #2
What's that distant crashing sound I hear? Kaleko Feb 2012 #3
A question quakerboy Feb 2012 #4
good catch, I've tried to reconcile the final picture too, from a lot of angles, and so far no luck stockholmer Feb 2012 #5
Be afraid, be very afraid. rgbecker Feb 2012 #6

Yooperman

(592 posts)
2. Wow...
Fri Feb 10, 2012, 02:53 AM
Feb 2012

Not only does it show what the debt looks like... it also shows really how much money someone has to have to be in the top 1%. To be a billionaire and be bitching about paying a few more % in taxes is sickening....

K & R

Kaleko

(4,986 posts)
3. What's that distant crashing sound I hear?
Fri Feb 10, 2012, 03:11 AM
Feb 2012

Is that the oncoming collapse of the global financial system or just a little gnat in my ear?

quakerboy

(13,920 posts)
4. A question
Fri Feb 10, 2012, 04:01 AM
Feb 2012

looking at the final summary, it notes 212b interest for the us, and only 117b for Japan. Yet the pictured stack for japan is larger.

Then for repayment, the japanese number is larger, but the stack is smaller. standing debt is larger in the US, but there appear to be less stacks.

Did I miss something or did they mess that up?

 

stockholmer

(3,751 posts)
5. good catch, I've tried to reconcile the final picture too, from a lot of angles, and so far no luck
Fri Feb 10, 2012, 08:29 AM
Feb 2012

rgbecker

(4,831 posts)
6. Be afraid, be very afraid.
Fri Feb 10, 2012, 09:35 AM
Feb 2012

Just call 1-800-555-1212 and order your gold directly from the manufacturer. Prices are going up, don't wait a day longer. Send all your $100 bills to PO Box 10101, NY, NY 10123. They're going to be worthless next week! Just look at those pictures! Can't you see? The small puffs of explosive gases escaping from the lower levels show that Japan, China and Brazil are working to build a new economy based on the clamshell which will soon subplant gold, silver and the microchip!

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