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Statistics and Comparables

• The total national debt is approx $9.5 trillion
• U.S. official gold reserves are worth $261.5 billion (as of
  March 2008), foreign exchange reserves $63 billion and the
  Strategic Petroleum Reserve $77 billion (at a Market Price of
  $110/barrel).
• The national debt equates to $30,400 per person U.S.
  population, or $60,100 per head of the U.S. working population,
  as of February 2008.
• In 2003 $318 billion was spent on interest payments
  servicing the debt, out of a total tax revenue of $1.95
  trillion.
• Total U.S. household debt, ... [Follow Original Article link for full content.]