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>>>>> Yabba Dabba Dude writes:

   Yabba> In <rayD05E0u.6yC@netcom.com>, ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer) writes:

   >> I don't know about you, but the prospect of $1000 of my tax dollars
   >> doing _nothing_ but paying interest thrills me not at all.  I can
   >> think of other things to do with $1000.  And the debt is still $20,000
   >> for each man, woman, and child in the country.  How well could _your_
   >> family afford that kind of debt?

   Yabba> Pretty well, since I'll never have to.  Oh yea, let me guess, my kids 
   Yabba> will have to.  I think the debt comes due in 2021... or was it 2023 ?
   Yabba> It would be interesting to see some proof to substantiate your claim that
   Yabba> $1000 of my dollars are earmarked for the debt.  Just like that fund

I think he was speaking about the net interest on his pro rata 
share of the national debt.  Of course for those of us that have
kids the amount is higher. 


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