NPS Form 10 900 WE No 1024 0018 United States De T of the

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E FULL DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES IN HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS, YOU COULD MAKE NOT ONE, NOT TWO, BUT 13 PILES OF CASH AS TALL AS THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. LISA DESJARDINS TAKES A STEP BACK FROM THE DEBT CEILING NEGOTIATIONS ON CAPITOL HILL TO ACCOUNT FOR WHAT THE NATION OWES. LISA: OK. THE NATIONAL DEBT. ALL OF THE MONEY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT OWES IS CURRENTLY $31.4 TRILLION. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? FOR ONE, THAT'S DECADES WORTH OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING. THINGS LIKE MEDICAID AND OTHER HEALTH CARE. THE U.S. MILITARY, FOOD STAMPS, AND OTHER BENEFITS, FIXING ROADS, HEAD START AND SCHOOLS, THE ENVIRONMENT, NATIONAL PARKS. AND A THOUSAND OTHER AREAS. IT'S SIMPLE. FOR YEARS, WHAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SPENT ON THOSE THINGS WAS FAR MORE THAN IT BROUGHT IN, THAT STACKED UP TO THAT $31.4 TRILLION IN DEBT THAT WE HAVE NOW. THAT'S AN ENORMOUS, ALMOST NONSENSICAL NUMBER. LET'S PUT IT A DIFFERENT WAY. IF ALL AMERICANS PITCHED IN, IT WOULD TAKE 94 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM EACH ONE OF US, EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHIL