Does anyone else not see the problem with this?

[sarijw]

We have a National Debt Clock. Did you know this? It was installed in 1989, when the national debt was under 3 trillion dollars.

Apparently, it's run out of numbers. They had to change the '$' to a '1' as a temporary fix. Until the new clock is put in. The one capable of recording up to a quadrillion. QUADRILLION.

I didn't even know that could be a

Comments

[sarijw]

I don't think I can really comprehend how large of an amount it really is.

[linnicole]

I think we're going to be discovering all sorts of new things in the weeks to come.

[sarijw]

Kinda scary, not knowing where it's going, you know? Now they're making all sorts of noise about us going into a depression. That's just...weird. That's history books, you know?

[nyhamsterhouse]

Tis magical. I stopped by yesterday to get a photo, just before they fix it :) What a magical last 8 years this has been!

[sarijw]

Yay for sarcasm!

[shutterloubug]

So weird...I didn't think quadrillion was a real number either. I can't wrap my head around that. It's scary though.