US DEBT

I have to admit to not being completely up to speed on the whole US debt crisis however an article in the Metro got me thinking just how dire the situation is and how BIG the debt is

$14.2 TRILLION - yes trillion.

America's debt could...

Pay for Nasa's annual budget for another 771 years. The space agency stopped sending people into space because of the lack of funding.

Pay Britain's NHS budget for 80 years.

Pay for the US healthcare bill for 151 years.

Pay for Britain's entire defence budget for 234 years.

Pay for the eight year war on terror in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan nearly four times over.

Feed all of the 10 million people currently starving in east Africa for 4000 years.

(All facts courtesy of the Metro)