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The chart is for deficit, not debt (see the inky dinky text at the bottom of the infographic)
by m0th87 17y ago
The chart is for deficit, not debt (see the inky dinky text at the bottom of the infographic)
- ojbyrne 17y agoI don't think that's correct. The text at the top refers to "Holders of Treasury Securities" and the legend on the side says each $ equals 10m of Treasury Securities. I.e. debt. In addition the graphic seems totally screwy. There are 32 rows of 35 dollar signs (total of 1120) which means that $11.2 billion are represented. Which bears no resemblance to either the number at the top nor the one at the bottom. In addition, the number at the top ($3.4 billion) seems quite small in relation to the one at the bottom. Seems screwed up.
- m0th87 17y agoPerhaps it's just a completely fucked graphic then? If it takes this many HNers to try to decipher its meaning, I doubt there's any hope for the average population.