10 Sobering Facts About the National Debt

3. Your Share

There are somewhere around 330 million Americans. With that in mind, every tax payer’s share of the $116 trillion is nearly $1.1 million! Just try to imagine this and put it in context to the entire national debt. The thought is dizzying. Politicians continue to push higher spending without any consideration of our economic future. They have no problem with newborns having a $1.1 million share of the national debt as soon as they’re born.