Because I can easily believe that $18 trillion equates to a $500K mortgage. You're insane.
U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK
The Outstanding Public Debt as of 25 Apr 2015 at 12:53:31 AM GMT is:
$ 1 8 , 1 5 4 , 4 4 9 , 0 3 0 , 3 6 7 . 6 3
The estimated population of the United States is 320,454,919
so each citizen's share of this debt is $56,652.12.
The National Debt has continued to increase an average of
$2.23 billion per day since September 30, 2012!
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
No, you're wrong. Discussing classified information via unclassified sources has been illegal for some time.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 12958 (notice the signatory)
So, please express how the government can address this without a complete record of the Secretary's e-mails? That's assuming you wish to trust the person receiving legal bribes from foreign governments $200K to $500K at a time through speaking fees for her or her husband.
Sandy Berger got probation, community service, and a $50,000 fine I bet he didn't pay. Petraeus received essentially the same.
Funny that normal civilians and enlisted people get decades plus for the same crime.
Um, this isn't a serious problem. Government debt is money that US citizens owe to themselves. The net balance is close enough to zero to not worth bothering about (some non-US citizens owe bonds, but many US citizens owe foreign bonds....US citizens own somewhat fewer in total dollar count, but tend to receive higher total returns).
Well I think owing myself $18 trillion in immediate debt and hundreds of trillions in liabilities is enough.
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