[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 159 (Friday, October 13, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15162-S15163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         THE BAD DEBT BOXSCORE

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, every day since February 1992, I have 
reported to the Senate the exact total of the Federal debt, down to the 
penny, as 

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of the close of business of the previous day, or on Mondays it would 
be, of course, for the previous Friday.
  As of the close of business yesterday, October 12, the Federal debt 
stood at $4,972,685,593,071.75. And this figure is approximately $27 
billion away from $5 trillion which the Federal Government will surpass 
later this year or early next year. On a per capita basis, every man, 
woman and child in America owes $18,876.40, as is his or her share of 
that debt.
  No wonder babies come into this world crying.

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