[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 18 (Friday, February 9, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S1166]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         THE BAD DEBT BOXSCORE

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, at the close of business yesterday, 
Thursday, February 8, the Federal debt stood at $4,988,549,905,457.27, 
about $12 billion shy of the $5 trillion mark, which the Federal debt 
will exceed in a few months.
  On a per capita basis, every man, woman, and child in America owes 
$18,934.97 as his or her share of that debt.

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