tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post8872709254187380792..comments2024-03-30T00:09:27.602+13:00Comments on Not PC: A new milestone in debt [updated]Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-51014934082650893292013-11-11T12:15:43.741+13:002013-11-11T12:15:43.741+13:00Corrected. That puts it at an annual rate of aroun...Corrected. That puts it at an annual rate of around $98.8 billion a year, plus interest.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-40615989370555062072013-11-11T11:48:34.968+13:002013-11-11T11:48:34.968+13:00Yeah, re the one million.
But on your update it&#...Yeah, re the one million.<br /><br />But on your update it's worse: that's $27 million borrowing per day, not per week, at the moment.Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-28667403087419769122013-11-11T11:02:50.249+13:002013-11-11T11:02:50.249+13:00Hi Mark, thanks for the numbers. Although I believ...Hi Mark, thanks for the numbers. Although I believe the more accurate figure for taxpayers, by which I mean those who pay their own way rather than relying on taxes taken from others, is around one million. Scary, huh?Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-66765932434795500672013-11-11T09:51:36.368+13:002013-11-11T09:51:36.368+13:00Worse, for a population of only just over 4 millio...Worse, for a population of only just over 4 million, we're still borrowing over $27 million <i>per day</i>.<br /><br />We've got just over 2 million taxpayers indentured to funding $70 billion annual budgets ... :)<br /><br />http://lifebehindtheirondrape.blogspot.co.nz/2013/11/centre-politics-economics-of.htmlMark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.com