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Each Child Born Today will Inherit $1.5M of National Debt, Study Shows

February 22, 2012

Children born today will inherent a per capita share of the national debt exceeding $1.5 million, a new study reveals.

Republican analysts on the Senate Budget Committee used figures from the Congressional Budget Office to calculate the relative share of the national debt–currently $16 trillion and counting–among different age groups.

The results are stunning:

 

Calculate your share of the national debt here.

Published under: National Debt