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Old 10-25-2005, 08:24 PM
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Default Re: National Debt reaches $8,000,000,000,000 (8 trillion dollars)

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i gather it is our exports minus our imports

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That's the trade deficit, not the national debt.

The national debt, I believe, is the total accumulated borrowing that Congress does to meet its shortfalls.
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