Read this: http://www.mlive.com/flintjournal/voices/index.ssf/2008/10/and_the_debt_clock_says_time_t.html
There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it’s only a hundred billion. It’s less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers. - Richard Feynman