Your future share: $30,000

[Kitsune]

Well, they passed it. If our government takes advantage of the increase, it is possible that if you distributed the debt of the US to every man, woman, and child, it would amount to $30,000 per person.

The vote came a day after Treasury Secretary John Snow warned lawmakers that action was "critical to provide certainty to financial markets that the integrity of the obligations of the United States will not be compromised."

You know what would be real fun right now? More tax cuts!