Not that any of this matters because Rethuglicans still hate gays, women and want to starve our cheeldrunsÂ
from the crazy site that I am not supposed to "believe"...
* At the close of the federal government's 2012 fiscal year (September 30, 2012), the federal government had roughly:
 $7.5 trillion ($7,517,000,000,000) in liabilities that are not accounted for in the national debt, such as federal employee retirement benefits, accounts payable, and environmental/disposal liabilities.[11]
 $21.6 trillion ($21,622,000,000,000) in obligations for current Social Security participants above and beyond projected revenues from their payroll and benefit taxes, certain transfers from the general fund of the U.S. Treasury, and assets of the Social Security trust fund.[12]
 $27.0 trillion ($27,000,000,000,000) in obligations for current Medicare participants above and beyond projected revenues from their payroll taxes, benefit taxes, premium payments, and assets of the Medicare trust fund.[13]
* The figures above are determined in a manner that approximates how publicly traded companies are required to calculate their liabilities and obligations.[14] [15] [16] The obligations for Social Security and Medicare represent how much money must be immediately placed in interest-bearing investments to cover the projected shortfalls between dedicated revenues and expenditures for all current participants in these programs (both taxpayers and beneficiaries).[17] [18] [19]
* Combining the figures above with the national debt and subtracting the value of federal assets, the federal government had about $67.7 trillion ($67,726,000,000,000) in debts, liabilities, and unfinanced obligations for current Social Security and Medicare participants at the close of its 2012 fiscal year.
* This $67.7 trillion shortfall is 105% of the combined net worth of all U.S. households and nonprofit organizations, including all assets in savings, real estate, corporate stocks, private businesses, and consumer durable goods such as automobiles.
* This shortfall equates to:
 $215,311 for every person living in the U.S.[23]
 $559,331 for every household in the U.S.[24]
 428% of the U.S. gross domestic product.[25]
 2,513% of annual federal revenues.[26]
Is something major in these numbers up for dispute? They ain't good by any measure (even if they were off by a trillion dollars!!!)Â
If this were a company that didn't have the ability to print money, I most certainly wouldn't buy stock in it. Would you?
My original point was that even if I pedantically walked you or any partisan on any side through the "actual" numbers, explained that I want more from my tax dollars (extremely large percentage of my income for almost 35 years now) than the ability to service debts accrued in the seventies and eighties for politicians long dead to buy votes in elections in the long ago past, etcÂ
Hell, on the same site you posted http://www.treasuryd...ir/ir_expense.htm check out the number. $400 Billion with "b" to "service" the debt - money not spent on education, the arts, science, cheeldruns, or national defenseÂ
I'm pissed, aren't you?
You get a break, a change of pace every eight years or so. You get to turn your brain off when your team is in power. My team never winsÂ
just looking for a little empathy maybe. YMMV. Sometimes it helps to vent with old friends.