Quote from: hashman on August 04, 2014, 02:49:38 AM

Quote from: theonewhowaskazu on July 30, 2014, 01:00:37 AM

Here: http://www.usdebtclock.org/

National Debt: $17T
Treasury Securities: $914T

AFAIK "Treasury Securities" are a synonym for "national debt." Then why are Treasury Securities like 50x the National Debt? Am I missing something?

These numbers are all totally unverifiable.

actually they are, now that we know what they represent.
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/debt/current
http://www.fms.treas.gov/finrep13/note_finstmts/fr_notes_fin_stmts_note12.html
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http://www.fms.treas.gov/finrep13/note_finstmts/fr_notes_fin_stmts_note11.html
http://www.fms.treas.gov/finrep13/note_finstmts/fr_notes_fin_stmts_note15.html
http://www.fms.treas.gov/finrep13/note_finstmts/fr_notes_fin_stmts_note17.html